Nonresident father involvement, social class, and adolescent weight

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1673-1700

  Menning, Chadwick L ^a   Stewart, Susan D ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Divorce; Overweight; Parenting; Underweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149092380     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08322930     Document Type: Article

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