Achieving Stepfamily Harmony: An Intergroup-Relations Approach

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 310-325

  Banker, Brenda S ^b   Gaertner, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032352039     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.12.3.310     Document Type: Article

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