Family structure, parent-child communication, and adolescent participation in family consumer tasks and decisions

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-152

  Lachance, Marie J ^a   Legault, Frédéric ^a   Bujold, Nérée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33646178409     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X00292004     Document Type: Article

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