Young children's perceptions of their social worlds in single- and two-parent, Euro- and Mexican-American families

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-372

  Gamble, Wendy C ^a   Dalla, Rochelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Single parents; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287265     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407597143005     Document Type: Article

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