The Relationship between Maternal Gatekeeping, Paternal Competence, Mothers' Attitudes about the Father Role, and Father Involvement

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1020-1043

  Fagan, Jay ^a   Barnett, Marina ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes about fathers; Father involvement; Maternal gatekeeping; Parental competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142153057     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03256397     Document Type: Article

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