Children caught in the conflict: Are court-endorsed divorce-parenting education programs effective?

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Whitworth, James D ^a   Capshew, Thomas F ^b   Abell, Neil ^c  

^a Chief of Air Force Family Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and divorce; Coparenting; Divorce education; Parental conflict; Parenting course

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009561711     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v37n03_01     Document Type: Article

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