Consequences of divorce for parents

Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 313-337

  Braver, Sanford L ^a   Shapiro, Jenessa R ^a   Goodman, Matthew R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315820880-26     Document Type: Chapter

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