Turning points in the development of blended families

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-313

  Baxter, Leslie A ^a   Braithwaite, Dawn O ^b   Nicholson, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blended family development; Developmental pathways; Stepfamily; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241093     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407599163002     Document Type: Article

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