A review of childrearing in african american single mother families: The relevance of a coparenting framework

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 671-683

  Jones, Deborah J ^a   Zalot, Alecia A ^a   Foster, Sarah E ^a   Sterrett, Emma ^a   Chester, Charlene ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Development; Nonmarital parenting; Outcomes; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248876618     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9115-0     Document Type: Article

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