Racial and ethnic differences in experiencing parents' marital disruption during late adolescence

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 742-762

  Sun, Yongmin ^a   Li, Yuanzhang ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Allied Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Child well being; Family structure; Longitudinal studies; Marital disruption; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547243054     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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