"Feeling Caught" as a Mediator of Adolescents' and Young Adults' Avoidance and Satisfaction with their Parents in Divorced and Non-Divorced Households

Communication Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-173

  Afifi, Tamara D ^a   Schrodt, Paul ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0242427566     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363775032000133791     Document Type: Article

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