The impact of forgiveness on adolescent adjustment to parental divorce

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 135-165

  Freedman, Suzanne ^a   Knupp, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b School Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent adjustment; Divorce; Educational intervention; Forgiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544482093     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v39n01_08     Document Type: Article

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