Young adults' relationship with parents and siblings: The role of marital status, conflict and post-divorce predictors

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 105-124

  Frank, Hallie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult children; Conflict; Divorce; Parent child relationships; Post divorce predictors; Sibling relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947188788     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v46n03_07     Document Type: Article

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