Increasing fathers' involvement in child care with a couple-focused intervention during the transition to parenthood

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-59

  Hawkins, Alan J ^a   Lovejoy, Kimberly R ^b   Holmes, Erin K ^a   Blanchard, Victoria L ^a   Fawcett, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Family life education; Father involvement; Program evaluation; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849025265     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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