Family contexts as cognitive networks: A structural approach of family relationships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-503

  Widmer, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 23044519699     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1999.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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