MOTHERING, FATHERING, AND DIVORCE: THE INFLUENCE OF DIVORCE ON REPORTS OF AND DESIRES FOR MATERNAL AND PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT*

Family Court Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 506-522

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Finley, Gordon E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; family form; fathers; involvement; mothers; parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954623796     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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