Diverging family policies to promote children's well-being in the UK and US: some relevant data from family research and intervention studies

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 4-16

  Cowan, Philip ^a   Cowan, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's adaptation; Couple relationship quality; Family policy; Father involvement; Parenting; Risk outcome models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993086805     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17466660200800022     Document Type: Review

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