Changes in the Cultural Model of Father Involvement: Descriptions of Benefits to Fathers, Children, and Mothers in Parents' Magazine, 1926-2006

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-253

  Milkie, Melissa A ^a   Denny, Kathleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; cultural model; family; father involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889050866     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12462566     Document Type: Article

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