Parental divorce and premarital couples: Commitment and other relationship characteristics

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 627-638

  Jacquet, Susan E ^a   Surra, Catherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorced families; Intact families; Intergenerational transmission of divorce; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035429834     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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