The Effects of Joint Legal Custody on Mothers, Fathers, and Children Controlling for Factors That Predispose a Sole Maternal versus Joint Legal Award

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-43

  Gunnoe, Marjorie Lindner ^a   Braver, Sanford L ^b  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CONFLICT; CUSTODY; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIVORCE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035259032     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005687825155     Document Type: Article

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