Deconstructing differentiation: Self regulation, interdependent relating, and well-being in adulthood

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-129

  Skowron, Elizabeth A ^a   Holmes, Sarah E ^b   Sabatelli, Ronald M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowen theory; Differentiation of self; Factor analysis; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037217062     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022514306491     Document Type: Article

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