Adolescent Well-Being in Cohabiting, Married, and Single-Parent Families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 876-893

  Manning, Wendy D ^a   Lamb, Kathleen A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child well being; Cohabitation; Family structure; Marriage; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344064984     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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