How young adults perceive parental divorce

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 3-17

  Shulman, Shmuel ^a   Scharf, Miri ^b   Lumer, Daniel ^a   Maurer, Offer ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fathers; Parent child relationships; Parental divorce; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008756562     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v34n03_02     Document Type: Article

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