Father involvement and children's early learning: A critical review of published empirical work from the past 15 years

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-108

  Downer, Jason ^a   Campos, Rodrigo ^b   McWayne, Christine ^b   Gartner, Tara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Education; Father; Involvement; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749131921     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920802010264     Document Type: Article

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