Constructing adolescent fatherhood: Responsibilities and intergenerational repair

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 485-498

  Tuffin, Keith ^a   Rouch, Gareth ^a   Frewin, Karen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescent fathers; Intergenerationalrepair; New Zealand; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; FATHERS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEREOTYPING; TEACHING;

EID: 77951886450     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691051003629359     Document Type: Article

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