Maternal gate closing and gate opening in postdivorce families

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1298-1324

  Trinder, Liz ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce; Facilitation; Gatekeeping; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249182425     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08315362     Document Type: Article

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