Marrying a man with “baggage”: Implications for second wives

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 67-79

  Knox, David ^a   Zusman, Marty E ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Remarriages; Second marriages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937333202     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v35n03_04     Document Type: Article

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