Postdivorce relationships in families and children's psychosocial adjustment

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-146

  Hakvoort, Esther M ^a   Bos, Henny M W ^a   van Balen, Frank ^a   Hermanns, Jo M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children's psychosocial adjustment; Ex partner; Nonresidential father; Postdivorce relationships; Single mother families; Stepfather families

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851485101     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2011.546243     Document Type: Article

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