Does early paternal parenting promote low-income children's long-term cognitive skills?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1522-1542

  Coley, Rebekah Levine ^a   Lewin Bizan, Selva ^b   Carrano, Jennifer ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children's cognitive skills; father involvement; low income families; parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053477521     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11402175     Document Type: Article

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