Examining maternal and paternal involvement as promotive factors of competence in African American children in informal kinship care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-15

  Washington, Tyreasa ^a   Cryer Coupet, Qiana R ^b   Coakley, Tanya M ^a   Labban, Jeffery ^a   Gleeson, James P ^b   Shears, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Birth parents; Child Behavior Checklist; Fatherhood; Grandparents raising grandchildren; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902347684     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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