Father's involvement and psychological adjustment in Indian and White British secondary school age children

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Flouri, Eirini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's adjustment; Father's involvement; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 28244465511     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2005.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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