Father involvement, nurturant fathering, and young adult psychosocial functioning: Differences among adoptive, adoptive stepfather, and nonadoptive stepfamilies

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 712-731

  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

Adoptive; Family form; Father involvement; Nurturant fathering; Stepfather

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646071497     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05284003     Document Type: Article

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