Pathways to Paternal Engagement: Longitudinal Effects of Risk and Resilience on Nonresident Fathers

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1389-1405

  Fagan, Jay ^a   Palkovitz, Rob ^b   Roy, Kevin ^c   Farrie, Danielle ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

father involvement; fragile families; nonresident fathers; resilience; risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249110099     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015210     Document Type: Article

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