Developing the spousal relationship within stepfamilies

Families in Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Kheshgi Genovese, Zareena ^a   Genovese, Thomas A ^b  

^a AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031286048     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.773     Document Type: Article

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