The dialectics between the personal and the interpersonal in the experiences of adoptive single mothers by choice

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 823-833

  Ben Ari, Adital ^a   Weinberg Kurnik, Galia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adoptive single mothers; Dialectics; Inter personal; Narrative analysis; Personal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547338231     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9241-1     Document Type: Article

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