Men's visitation with nonresidential children: Do characteristics of coresidential and nonresidential children matter?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 921-944

  Guzzo, Karen Benjamin ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonresidential fathers; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349316653     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08327860     Document Type: Article

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