Reconstructing the Stepfamily: Old Myths, New Stories

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-236

  Jones, Anne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family policy; Family practice; Narrative theory; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; NARRATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038074351     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.2.228     Document Type: Article

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