Shared understanding of parental differential treatment in families

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 276-295

  Kowal, Amanda K ^a   Krull, Jennifer L ^a   Krumer, Laurie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Parent child relationships; Parental differential treatment; Shared understanding; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645741518     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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