Growing up faster? Post-divorce catalysts in the mother-adolescent relationship

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 25-41

  Koerner, Susan Silverberg ^a   Kenyon, DenYelle Baete ^a   Rankin, Lela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dating; Divorce; Maternal disclosure; Mothers; Social involvement; Subjective age; Symbolic interactionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746484441     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v45n03_02     Document Type: Article

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