Who are my family members? Bridging and binding social capital in family configurations

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 979-998

  Widmer, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Divorce; Family network method (FNM); Family networks; Kinship; Remarriage; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751576035     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506070482     Document Type: Article

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