Adult sibling relationships: Validation of a typology

Personal Relationships

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-324

  Stewart, Robert B ^a   Kozak, Andrea L ^b   Tingley, Lynn M ^b   Goddard, Jean M ^b   Blake, Elissa M ^b   Cassel, Wendy A ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035617599     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2001.tb00042.x     Document Type: Article

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