Parents' versus children's perceptions of interparental conflict as predictors of children's friendship quality

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 689-700

  Kitzmann, Katherine M ^a,b   Cohen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Friendship; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344495967     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02654075030205007     Document Type: Article

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