Factors contributing to quality coparenting: Implications for family policy

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 79-103

  Bonach, Kathryn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Divorce; Family policy; Interparental conflict; Quality coparenting; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444434714     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v43n03_05     Document Type: Review

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