Effects of the dads for life intervention on interparental conflict and coparenting in the two years after divorce

Family Process

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-137

  Cookston, Jeffrey T ^a   Braver, Sanford L ^b   Griffin, William A ^b   De Lusé, Stephanie R ^b   Miles, Jonathan C ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Searchlight Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Divorce; Divorcing parent education; Interparental conflict; Latent curve modeling; Noncustodial parent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; DIVORCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846798476     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00196.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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