Sibling relationships in adolescence: Learning and growing together

Personal Relationships

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Noller, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 14544293510     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1350-4126.2005.00099.x     Document Type: Review

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