Stress following marriage breakdown:does social support play a role?

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 39-49

  Sansom, Di ^a   Farnill, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937265804     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v26n03_03     Document Type: Article

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