Fathers' involvement with their preschool-age children: How fathers spend time with their children in different family structures

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 103-119

  Halme, Nina ^a,c   Åstedt Kurki, Päivi ^a,b   Tarkka, Marja Terttu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Family characteristics; Family nursing; Fathers' involvement; Preschool age child

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349150685     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-009-9069-7     Document Type: Article

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