The Effect of Later Life Parental Divorce on Adult-Child/Older-Parent Solidarity: A Test of the Buffering Hypothesis

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1153-1178

  Nakonezny, Paul A ^a   Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^b   Nussbaum, Jon F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0142138248     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01943.x     Document Type: Article

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