Transmission of emotions in the daily interactions of single-mother families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-37

  Larson, Reed W ^a   Gillman, Sally ^a  

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

Author keywords

Emotional transmission; Family process; One parent families; Parent adolescent relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074836     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353880     Document Type: Article

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