After the breakup: Interpreting divorce and rethinking intimacy

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-37

  Schneller, Debora P ^a   Arditti, Joyce A ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Development; Divorce; Gender; Interpretation; Intimacy; Loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644494583     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v42n01_01     Document Type: Article

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