Single-Parent Families, Blended Families, and Academic Achievement

Authors

Michael Fraleigh, Bryant University

Document Type

Article

Comments

Chapter in: Perspectives on Current Social Problems / edited by Gregg Lee Carter. Publshed in Boston, MA: Peason Education - Allyn and Bacon, 1997. Pages 325-336.

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Keywords

Social Problems;United States;single-parent;blended families;academic achievement;adolescents

Publisher

Pearson Education - Allyn and Bacon

Publication Source

Perspectives on Current Social Problems

Abstract

Changing patterns of marriage and divorce have had a major impact upon American families over the past several decades...