The Experience of the Impact of Divorce on Sibling Relationships: A Qualitative Study

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-259

  Abbey, Caroline ^a   Dallos, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Divorce; Families; Resilience; Siblings

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; REVIEW; SIBLING; THEORY;

EID: 2142751670     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104504041921     Document Type: Review

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