Social support use as a parental coping strategy: Its impact on outcome of Child and parenting problems - A six-month follow-up

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1427-1446

  Sheppard, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child care; Children and families; Children in need; Parenting; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949128887     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn084     Document Type: Article

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