Blended Families: A Critical Review of the Current Research

The Family Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-451

  Portrie, Torey ^a   Hill, Nicole R ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blended families; remarriage; stepfamilies; stepfathers; stepmothers; stepparents

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444569949     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480705279014     Document Type: Article

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