Father-child contact after separation: The influence of living arrangements

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 623-652

  Swiss, Liam ^a   Le Bourdais, Céline ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Custody agreements; Father child contact; Multilevel modeling; Parental attitudes; Separated fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249185181     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08331023     Document Type: Article

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