Stepfathers in Cultural Context: Mexican American Families in the United States

The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 100-121

  Coltrane, Scott ^a   Gutierrez, Erika ^a   Parke, Ross D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican American families; Reconstituted families; Stepfathers; Stepsiblings; U.S. children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859629187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269923.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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