Stepfamilies from a policy perspective: Guidance from the empirical literature

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 249-264

  Fine, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0031315031     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v26n03_03     Document Type: Article

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