Women’s experiences of midlife divorce following long-term marriage

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 103-128

  Mc Daniel, Annette Kusgen ^a   Coleman, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Remarriage; Stepchildren; Stepfamily; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009628872     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v38n03_06     Document Type: Article

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