Divorce and adult psychological well-being: Clarifying the role of gender and child age

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1178-1196

  Williams, Kristi ^a   Dunne Bryant, Alexandra ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Divorce; Family structure; Mental health; National Survey of Families and Households; Parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751011888     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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