Parental role identity and fathers' involvement in coparental interaction after divorce: Fathers' perspectives

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-318

  Madden Derdich, Debra A ^a   Leonard, Stacie A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparental interaction; Custody; Divorce; Fathers; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214542     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00311.x     Document Type: Review

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