Parent-child communication problems and the perceived inadequacies of Chinese only children

Ethos

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-127

  Fong, Vanessa L ^a  

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EID: 33846909968     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2007.35.1.85     Document Type: Article

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