Children's Relationships with Nonresident Parents

The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 345-368

  Pryor, Jan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

National longitudinal study of youth; Nonresident parents; Parenting behaviors; Parenting relationships; Stepfamily relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155190566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269923.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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