The divorce decree, communication, and the structuration of coparenting relationships in stepfamilies

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 741-759

  Schrodt, Paul ^a   Baxter, Leslie A ^b   McBride, M Chad ^c   Braithwaite, Dawn O ^d   Fine, Mark A ^e  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Coparenting; Divorce decree; Legitimation; Signification; Stepfamilies; Structuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751190768     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506068261     Document Type: Article

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