Cohesion and enmeshment revisited: Differentiation, identity, and well-being in two European cultures

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 673-689

  Manzi, Claudia ^a   Vignoles, Vivian L ^b   Regalia, Camillo ^a   Scabini, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cross cultural; Family process; Intergenerational relations; Self concept; Western European families

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745774991     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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