Resiliency in divorced families

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 67-81

  Greeff, Abraham P ^a   Vansteenwegen, Alfons ^b   DeMot, Liesbeth ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Divorced families; Family adaptation; Family resilience; Single parent

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751325577     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v04n04_05     Document Type: Article

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