Spillover between mothers' postdivorce relationships: The mediating role of parenting stress

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-254

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84861480697     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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