Closeness in young adult sibling relationships: Affective and physiological processes

Social Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Shortt, Joann Wu ^a   Gottman, John M ^b  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affect; Closeness; Physiology; Sibling relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031472902     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.1997.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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