CHILDREN RESISTING POSTSEPARATION CONTACT WITH A PARENT: CONCEPTS, CONTROVERSIES, AND CONUNDRUMS

Family Court Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-47

  Fidler, Barbara Jo ^a   Bala, Nicholas ^b  

^a Queen's University ^*  (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78649589991     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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