A 5-year retrospective of post-separation shared care research in Australia

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-59

  Smyth, Bruce M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Children's living arrangements; Divorce; Dual residence; Joint custody; Meaningful relationships; Parental separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950732639     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.15.1.36     Document Type: Article

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