The influence of conflict, marital problem solving and parenting on children’s adjustment in nondivorced, divorced and remarried families

Families Count: Effects on Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 203-237

  Mavis Hetherington, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84928086722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511616259.010     Document Type: Chapter

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