Explaining the long reach of fathers' prenatal involvement on later paternal engagement

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1094-1107

  Cabrera, Natasha J ^a   Fagan, Jay ^b   Farrie, Danielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Children; Early childhood; Family data sets; Fathers; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing (FFCW); Parental investment; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149098259     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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