Post-divorce adjustment and social relationships: A meta-analytic review

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 145-166

  Krumrei, Elizabeth ^a   Coit, Carissa ^a   Martin, Sarah ^a   Fogo, Wendy ^a   Mahoney, Annette ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Coping; Divorce; Relationships; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947174386     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v46n03_09     Document Type: Review

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