Assessing the impact of father-absence from a psychoanalytic perspective

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Jones, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Childfather relations; Psychoanalytic theory and father; Role of father

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147171638     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J032v14n01_03     Document Type: Article

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