Are the negative effects of divorce on well-being dependent on marital quality?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1197-1213

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a,b   Monden, Christiaan W S ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Divorce; Marital quality; Marriage; Mental health; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750978994     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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