The importance of the coparental relationship for nonresident fathers' ties to children

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1196-1212

  Sobolewski, Juliana M ^a   King, Valarie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Coparenting; Divorce; Fathers; Nonresident parents; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745302781     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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