Grandparent involvement following divorce: A comparison in single-mother and single-father families

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 203-224

  Macari, Daniel P ^b  

^a Department of Human Development and Family Studies ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008826207     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v28n01_14     Document Type: Article

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