Unmarried, Nonresident Fathers' Involvement With Their Infants: A Risk and Resilience Perspective

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-489

  Fagan, Jay ^a   Palkovitz, Rob ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

father involvement; fragile families; nonresident fathers; resilience; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MARITAL STATUS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34748923479     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.479     Document Type: Article

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