Perceptions of childhood family of origin well-being, self-esteem, and attitudes toward the divorced single mother

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-99

  Burke, Susan ^a   Sugawara, Alan I ^a   Katsurada, Emiko ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood perceptions; Family of origin; Single mother

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449107444     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961260106     Document Type: Article

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