Fear of intimacy and hardiness among single mothers by choice: A comparison to divorced and married mothers

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-116

  Segal Engelchin, Dorit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fear of intimacy; Hardiness; Nonmarital motherhood; Single mothers by choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749215714     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10522150802165622     Document Type: Article

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