Reflecting on the Father: Childhood Family Structure and Women's Paternal Relationships

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 773-800

  Krampe, Edythe M ^a   Newton, Rae R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

father presence; father adult daughter relationship; feelings about the father; perceptions of father involvement; perceptions of the father mother relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860484210     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11425778     Document Type: Article

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