Low-Income, Nonresident Father Involvement With Their Toddlers: Variation by Fathers' Race and Ethnicity

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-647

  Cabrera, Natasha J ^a   Ryan, Rebecca M ^b   Mitchell, Stephanie J ^a   Shannon, Jacqueline D ^c   Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

father involvement; nonresident fathers; racial and ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 51049118316     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.643     Document Type: Article

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