Resilience and divorce adjustment in adults participating in divorce recovery workshops

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-68

  Quinney, Dian M ^a   Fouts, Gregory T ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divorce adjustment; Divorce workshop; Recovery; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444584226     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v40n01_04     Document Type: Article

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