Parental Depression and Divorce and Adult Children's Well-Being: The Role of Family Unpredictability

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 757-761

  Ross, Lisa Thomson ^a   Wynne, Stacie ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Depression; Divorce; Family; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650194215     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9366-7     Document Type: Article

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