When does parents' differential treatment have negative implications for siblings?

Social Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-172

  McHale, Susan M ^a   Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a   Jackson Newsom, Julia ^a   Tucker, Corinna J ^a   Crouter, Ann C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Family relationships; Parents' differential treatment; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034366249     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00117     Document Type: Article

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