Father involvement and coparenting behavior: Parents' nontraditional beliefs and family earner status as moderators

Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-431

  Buckley, Catherine K ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956414972     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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