Parental Divorce and Sibling Relationships: A Research Note

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-91

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   Voorpostel, Marieke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dyadic data; parental conflict; parental divorce; siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849127056     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08322782     Document Type: Article

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