Fathering in intact and divorced families: Ethnic differences in retrospective reports

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 207-215

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Finley, Gordon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Ethnicity; Father involvement; Father child relationships; Nurturant fathering; Retrospective reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744481122     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00015.x     Document Type: Review

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