Adolescent's adjustment in four post-divorce family structures: Single mother, stepfather, joint physical custody and single father families

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 99-124

  Breivik, Kyrre ^a   Olweus, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Divorce; Family structures; Joint physical custody; Scandinavia; Single father

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746445875     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v44n03_07     Document Type: Article

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