Children’s definitions of family power and cohesion affect scores on the family system test

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-154

  Kahn, Jack S ^a   Meier, Scott T ^b  

^a CURRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034809413     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: 15210383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180126107     Document Type: Article

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