Measuring father involvement in divorced, nonresident fathers

Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 189-209

  Pasley, Kay ^a   Braver, Sanford L ^b  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917299063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410609380     Document Type: Chapter

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