An Educational Forgiveness Intervention for Young Adult Children of Divorce

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 618-638

  Nousse Graham, Virginia ^a   Enright, Robert D ^b   Klatt, John S ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

adult children of divorce; bibliotherapy; divorce; forgiveness; intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869381040     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2012.725347     Document Type: Article

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