Commitments to fathering and the well-being and social participation of new, disadvantaged fathers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 991-1004

  Knoester, Chris ^a   Petts, Richard J ^a   Eggebeen, David J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Father child relations; Fatherhood; Parental involvement; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848832325     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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