Family portraits: Stories as standards for family relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-368

  Vangelisti, Anita L ^a   Crumley, Linda P ^a   Baker, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Narratives; Standards; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241092     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407599163004     Document Type: Article

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