Challenging the presumption of diminished capacity to parent: Does divorce really change parenting practices?

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-368

  Strohschein, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children and divorce; Divorce; Longitudinal studies; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548578965     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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