"I want to be just like their real dad": Factors associated with stepfather adoption

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1162-1188

  Lamb, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive; Father involvement; Stepfather; Stepfathers' biological children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547687543     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07300786     Document Type: Article

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