Healthy and unhealthy friendship and hostility between ex-spouses

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 463-475

  Masheter, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Former spouses; Friendship; Hostility; Postdivorce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039860884     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353483     Document Type: Article

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