Paternal Child Care and Relationship Quality: A Longitudinal Analysis of Reciprocal Associations

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-296

  Schober, Pia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child care; Divorce; Family roles; Father child relations; Parenthood; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858656968     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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