Adult Children and Their Fathers: Relationship Changes 20 Years after Parental Divorce

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 340-351

  Ahrons, Constance R ^a   Tanner, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult children; Divorce; Father; Parenting; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242641141     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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