Nonresident Fathers' Parenting, Maternal Mastery and Child Development in Poor African American Single-Mother Families

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-111

  Choi, Jeong Kyun ^a   Jackson, Aurora P ^b  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American single mothers; Behavior problems; Child development; Cognitive development; Economic hardship; Fathers' parenting; Maternal mastery; Nonresident fathers; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873272723     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-012-9070-x     Document Type: Article

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