"I'm sure she chose me!" accuracy of children's reports of mothers' favoritism in later life families

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 526-538

  Suitor, J Jill ^a   Sechrist, Jori ^b   Steinhour, Michael ^b   Pillemer, Karl ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Parent child relations; Parental favoritism; Reporting congruence; Within family differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751284086     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00423.x     Document Type: Review

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