Non-resident motherhood: Managing a threatened identity

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Kielty, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Narrative; Non resident mothers; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149117938     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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