The Relation of state-anger to self-esteem, perceptions of family structure and attributions of responsibility for divorce of custodial mothers in the stabilization phase of the divorce process

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 157-170

  Dreman, Solly ^a   Spielberger, Charles ^b   Darzi, Orly ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children of divorce; Positive parenting; Post divorce parenting; Stepparenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008771834     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v28n01_11     Document Type: Article

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