Talking divorce: The role of divorce in women's constructions of relationship status

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-173

  Sandfield, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce rate; Heterosexual marriage; Marital status; Marriage trends; Relationship dissolution; Single again

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645678221     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959-353506062971     Document Type: Article

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