Divorce is a part of my life... Resilience, survival, and vulnerability: Young adults' perception of the implications of parental divorce

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-46

  Eldar Avidan, Dorit ^a   Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^a   Greenbaum, Charles W ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149112646     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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