Marital conflict, parent-child relationships, and child adjustment: Does gender matter?

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-74

  Osborne, Lori N ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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