Relationships Between Fathers and Adult Children: The Cumulative Effects of Divorce and Repartnering

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 737-759

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

divorce separation; father child relationship; intergenerational; life course; remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926459934     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13495398     Document Type: Article

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