Psychological distress of fathers attending an Australian early parenting service for early parenting difficulties

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 46-55

  Giallo, Rebecca ^a   Cooklin, Amanda ^a   Zerman, Nikki ^b   Vittorino, Renzo ^b  

^a PARENTING RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Tweddle Child and Family Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

distress; fathers; mental health; parenting; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879393611     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9552.2012.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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