Factors predictive of boundary ambiguity after divorce?

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 19-40

  Peterson, Donna J ^a   Christensen, Donna Hendrickson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary ambiguity; Divorce; Stress theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009603769     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v37n03_02     Document Type: Article

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