Willingness to stepparent: Attitudes about partners who already have children

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1415-1436

  Goldscheider, Frances ^a   Kaufman, Gayle ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family attitudes; Gender; Marriage; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747778717     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06289646     Document Type: Article

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