Perceptions of father involvement patterns in teenage-mother families: Predictors and links to mothers' psychological adjustment

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-211

  Kalil, Ariel ^b   Ziol Guest, Kathleen M ^a   Coley, Rebekah Levine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Father involvement; Mother father relationships; Poverty; Psychological adjustment; Teenage mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844526119     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00016.x     Document Type: Review

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