Adult children's relationships with married parents, divorced parents, and stepparents: Biology, marriage, or residence?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1181-1193

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Divorce; Intergenerational relationships; Life history; Marriage; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883380261     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12057     Document Type: Article

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