Grandmother-Grandchild relationship quality predicts psychological adjustment among youth from divorced families

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1245-1264

  Henderson, Craig E ^a   Hayslip Jr , Bert ^b   Sanders, Leah M ^a   Louden, Linda ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Grandparents; Structural equation modeling; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149098422     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09334913     Document Type: Article

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