Growing Up with One or Both Parents: The Effects on Physical Health and Health-Related Behavior Through Adolescence and into Early Adulthood

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 451-474

  Thuen, Frode ^a   Breivik, Kyrre ^b   Wold, Bente ^c   Ulveseter, Grethe ^d  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNI RESEARCH HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Betanien University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

adolescents and young adults; divorce; health related behavior; nonintact family; physical health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941360223     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2015.1058659     Document Type: Article

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