Parental divorce and first-year students' transition to university: The need to include baseline data and gender

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 326-343

  Wintre, Maxine Gallander ^a   Ames, Megan E ^a   Pancer, S Mark ^b   Pratt, Michael W ^b   Polivy, Janet ^c   Birnie Lefcovitch, Shelly ^d   Adams, Gerald R ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

College; Divorce; Emerging adulthood; Freshmen; Gender differences; University adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960854127     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2011.585090     Document Type: Article

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