Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent-child relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1297-1309

  Bugental, Daphne Blunt ^a   Krantz, Jennifer ^b   Lyon, Judith E ^c,e   Cortez, Victoria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Rutgers Univ State Univ New J   (United States)

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EID: 18644365278     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.6.1297     Document Type: Article

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