An empirical investigation of psychologists’ custody evaluation procedures

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-29

  Gourley, Eugene V ^a   Stolberg, Arnold L ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child custody evaluations; Variablesd in child custody evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008826252     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v33n01_01     Document Type: Article

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