Deconstructing the fear of father absence

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-29

  Perlesz, Amaryll ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child emotional development; Family relationships; Family structure; Feminist family studies; Feminist family therapy; Lesbian families; LGBT families; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947363130     PISSN: 08952833     EISSN: 15404099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J086v16n03_01     Document Type: Article

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