Parents' expectations about childrearing after divorce: Does anticipating difficulty deter divorce?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 254-269

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   Seltzer, Judith A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Dyadic couple data; Fathers; Mothers; National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH); Postdivorce parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846434048     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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