Assessment of the familial relationships of young adult children of separated parents

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 491-507

  Valls Vidal, Clara ^a   Perez Testor, Carles ^a   Guardia Olmos, Joan ^b   Iafrate, Raffaella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interparental conflict; Parent child relationships; Parental divorce; Parentification; Separation individuation; Triangulation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049305684     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2010.504096     Document Type: Article

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