'Only God decides': Young children's perceptions of divorce and the legal system

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1544-1550

  Pruett, Kyle D ^a   Pruett, Marsha Kline ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Legal system; Perceptions; Young children

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032694221     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199912000-00016     Document Type: Article

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