Practitioner review: Engaging fathers - Recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1187-1212

  Panter Brick, Catherine ^a   Burgess, Adrienne ^b   Eggerman, Mark ^a   McAllister, Fiona ^b   Pruett, Kyle ^c   Leckman, James F ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Fatherhood Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

child development; coparent; family; father involvement; prevention; Research design; violence

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARDS;

FATHERS; HUMANS; PARENTING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84907959966     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12280     Document Type: Review

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