Nonresident fathers' social networks: The relationship between social support and father involvement

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 759-774

  Castillo, Jason T ^a   Sarver, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 84870703501     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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