Fathers' involvement and child behavior problems in poor African American single-mother families

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 698-704

  Choi, Jeong Kyun ^a   Jackson, Aurora P ^b  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child behavior problems; Father child contact; Fathers' parenting; Nonresident fathers' involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952899876     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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