The retrospective family unpredictability scale: Reliability and validity

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-27

  Ross, Lisa Thomson ^a   McDuff, Jennifer A ^b  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Chaos; Divorce; Family unpredictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349020020     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9138-1     Document Type: Article

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