Recency of Divorce, Depression, and Suicide Risk

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 695-715

  Stack, Steven ^a   Scourfield, Jonathan ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

divorce separation; family violence; intimate relationships; religion; work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926428657     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13494824     Document Type: Article

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