Post divorce conflict and avoidance of intimacy

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 93-105

  Morris, Melanie H ^a   West, Chuck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Divorce; Intimacy; Post divorce

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008858301     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v35n03_06     Document Type: Article

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