Race Differences in the Mental Health Effects of Divorce: A Reexamination Incorporating Temporal Dimensions of the Dissolution Process

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 995-1019

  Barrett, Anne E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Divorce; Gender; Mental health; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142184122     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03256396     Document Type: Article

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