Emotional transmission in the daily lives of families: A new paradigm for studying family process

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Larson, Reed W ^a   Almeida, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional transmission; Emotions; Family processes; Family systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074702     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353879     Document Type: Article

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