Trying to stay apace: Children with multiple challenges in their post-divorce family lives

Childhood

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-161

  Flowerdew, Jennifer ^a   Neale, Bren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Decentring divorce; Family change; Key life experiences; Multiple transitions; Pace of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038577927     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568203010002003     Document Type: Article

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