Are the effects of divorce on psychological distress modified by family background?

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-40

  Mandemakers, Jornt J ^a   Monden, Christiaan W S ^b   Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce; Family background; Parental resources; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957227471     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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