Strengthening unmarried families: Could enhancing couple relationships also improve parenting?

Social Service Review

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-321

  Carlson, Marcia J ^a   McLanahan, Sara S ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745921817     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503123     Document Type: Article

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