Gender differences in adult sibling relations in two-child families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 977-992

  Spitze, Glenna ^a   Trent, Katherine ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult siblings; Brothers; Sibling pairs; Sibling relationships; Siblings; Sisters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749564750     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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