Accounts of Single Fatherhood: A Qualitative Study

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-115

  Emmers Sommer, Tara M ^a   Rhea, David ^b   Triplett, Laura ^a   O'Neil, Bell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child custody; Communication; Family; Nurturance; Single fatherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347594405     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v35n01_07     Document Type: Review

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