Father Involvement in Urban Low-Income Fathers: Baseline Associations and Changes Resulting From Preventive Intervention

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-204

  Rienks, Shauna L ^a   Wadsworth, Martha E ^a   Markman, Howard J ^a   Einhorn, Lindsey ^a   Moran Etter, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparental relationship; Couples education; Father involvement; Low income families; Prevention; RCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952433940     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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