Adult daughters' perceptions of the mother-daughter relationship: A cross-cultural comparison

Family Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-336

  Rastogi, Mudita ^a   Wampler, Karen S ^b  

^a Illinois School of Professional Psychology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Cross cultural; Gender; Intergenerational; Mother daughter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033414141     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585643     Document Type: Review

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