Exploring young adults' perspectives on communication with aunts

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-501

  Ellingson, Laura L ^a   Sotirin, Patricia J ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aunt; Extended family; Kinship; Kinwork; Nephew; Niece; Relational schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746133931     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506064217     Document Type: Article

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