Patterns of father self-evaluations among Mexican and European American men and links to adolescent adjustment

Fathering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-235

  Perez Brena, Norma J ^a   Cookston, Jeffrey T ^b   Fabricius, William V ^a   Saenz, Delia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent adjustment; Fathering; Mexican families; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865016965     PISSN: 15376680     EISSN: 1933026X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/fth.1002.213     Document Type: Article

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