Evaluating a couples group to enhance father involvement in low-income families using a Benchmark comparison

Family Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-370

  Cowan, Philip A ^a   Cowan, Carolyn Pape ^a   Pruett, Marsha Kline ^b   Pruett, Kyle ^c   Gillette, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child outcomes; Fatherhood; Parenting; Preventing marital distress; Prevention intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901830239     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12072     Document Type: Article

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