Overnight stays and children's relationships with resident and nonresident parents after divorce

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 707-733

  Cashmore, Judy ^a   Parkinson, Patrick ^a   Taylor, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nonresident parent; Overnight stays; Parent child relationships; Parental separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949164425     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07308042     Document Type: Article

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