Postdivorce paternal disengagement: Failed mourning and role fusion

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Baum, Nehami ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; FATHER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

DIVORCE; FATHERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 33646347642     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01603.x     Document Type: Review

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