Gender differences in emotional closeness between preschool children and their mothers

Sex Roles

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 975-985

  Benenson, Joyce F ^a   Morash, Deanna ^b   Petrakos, Harriet ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032335125     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018874509497     Document Type: Article

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