Stepfather involvement and adolescent well-being: Do mothers and nonresidential fathers matter?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1191-1213

  Yuan, Anastasia S Vogt ^a   Hamilton, Hayley A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental health; Parental involvement; Stepfamily; Stepfather

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746370084     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06289214     Document Type: Article

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