Divorce support groups–how do group characteristics influence adjustment to divorce?

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-87

  Øygard, Lisbet ^a   Hardeng, Stein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b School of Social Work   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjustment to divorce; Divorce; Group characteristics; Support groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937337053     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v24n01_06     Document Type: Article

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