Just doing what they gotta do: Single black custodial fathers coping with the stresses and reaping the rewards of parenting

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1311-1338

  Coles, Roberta L ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American fathers; Coping; Parenting; Single fathers; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349410577     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09339290     Document Type: Article

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