Marital Conflict and Child Adjustment: What about Gender?

Developmental Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 390-420

  Snyder, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0032377963     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/drev.1998.0469     Document Type: Article

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