Who's the boss? Parents' failed attempts to influence the outcomes of conflicts between their children

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-480

  Perlman, Michal ^b   Ross, Hildy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bidirectionality; Parent intervention; Sibling conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031497476     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407597144003     Document Type: Article

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