Communication: A key component to meeting the challenges of stepfamilies

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-104

  Beaudry, Madeleine ^a   Boisvert, Jean Marie ^a   Simard, Marie ^a   Parent, Claudine ^b   Blais, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b University Institute on Young People Experiencing Serious Difficulties   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marital satisfaction and communication; Marital satisfaction and divorce; Stepfamilies; Stepfamily communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344471965     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v42n01_04     Document Type: Article

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