Young children’s adjustment to their parents’ divorce as reflected in their drawings

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 47-70

  Cohen, Orna ^a   Ronen, Tammie ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children s adjustment; Children s drawings; Parental divorce

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008770608     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v30n01_04     Document Type: Article

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