Parents' marital distress, divorce, and remarriage: Links with daughters' early family formation transitions

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1073-1103

  Amato, Paul R ^a   Kane, Jennifer B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cohabitation; divorce; marital births; marital distress; marriage; nonmarital births; remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959903225     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11404363     Document Type: Article

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