Why do fathers become disengaged from their children’s lives?maternal and paternal accounts of divorce in greece

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-117

  Lewis, Charlie ^a   Maka, Zoe ^a   Papacosta, Amalia ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008856949     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v28n01_08     Document Type: Article

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