Managing the multifather family: Stepfathers as father allies

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 845-862

  Marsiglio, William ^a   Hinojosa, Ramon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fathering; Qualitative methods; Relationships; Stepfamily; Stepfathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547249892     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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