Adult children of divorce revisited: When they speak up

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 201-

  Duran Aydintug, Candan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008832165     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v27n01_05     Document Type: Article

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