Fathers' Postnatal Mental Health and Child Well-Being at Age Five: The Mediating Role of Parenting Behavior

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1543-1562

  Giallo, Rebecca ^a,b   Cooklin, Amanda ^a   Wade, Catherine ^a   D'Esposito, Fabrizio ^a,c   Nicholson, Jan M ^a,c  

^a PARENTING RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

child well being; fathers; mental health; parenting; postnatal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905466162     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13477411     Document Type: Article

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