Grandparents and children of divorce: Their contrasting perceptions and desires for the postdivorce relationship

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-231

  Schutter, Mark E ^a   Scherman, Avraham ^a   Carroll, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 21744451285     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127970230302     Document Type: Article

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