Waiting for paternity: Interpersonal and contextual implications of the timing of fatherhood

Sex Roles

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-59

  Neville, Brian ^b   Parke, Ross D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0039460225     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025636619455     Document Type: Article

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