Students’ expectations and optimism toward marriage as a function of parental divorce

Divorce and the Next Generation: Perspectives for Young Adults in the New Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 71-87

  Boyer Pennington, Michelle E ^a   Pennington, John ^a   Spink, Camille ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Marriage; Multiple divorce; Parental divorce; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082257919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315786124-5     Document Type: Chapter

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