Indigenous fathers' involvement in reconstituting "circles of care"

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-138

  Ball, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Chronosystem; Circles of care; Families; Father involvement; Fathers; First Nations; Generativity; Historical trauma; Indigenous; Intergenerational transmission; Learning fatherhood; Men and masculinity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FATHER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CANADA; CULTURE; FATHERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 77950594943     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9293-1     Document Type: Article

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