Mother-child relationship satisfaction: The role of attributions and trait conceptions

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-42

  Sacco, William P ^a   Murray, Desiree W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031530580     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.1997.16.1.24     Document Type: Article

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