Coparental identity and mothers' cooperation in coparental relationships

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-377

  Markham, Melinda S ^a   Ganong, Lawrence H ^a   Coleman, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Divorce; Identity theory; Mother

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548538612     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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