Former foster youth as fathers: Risk and protective factors predicting father-child contact

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-583

  Hook, Jennifer L ^a   Courtney, Mark E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk children and families; Child welfare; Fatherhood; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883012180     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12031     Document Type: Article

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