Adult parent-child relationships: Relationship quality, support, and reciprocity

Applied Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-417

  Schwarz, Beate ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^a   Albert, Isabelle ^a   Mayer, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 22544433174     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2005.00217.x     Document Type: Review

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