A mothering but not a mother role: A grounded theory study of the nonresidential stepmother role

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-497

  Weaver, Shannon E ^a   Coleman, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Nonresidential stepmothers; Remarriage; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144499925     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407505054519     Document Type: Article

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