Father beliefs as a mediator between contextual barriers and father involvement

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 178, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 803-819

  Freeman, Harry ^a   Newland, Lisa A ^a   Coyl, Diana D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Family context; Father beliefs; Father involvement; Low income families; Mediator

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949383889     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430802352228     Document Type: Article

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