Parent-adolescent communication in foster, inter-country adoptive, and biological Italian families: Gender and generational differences

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-45

  Rosnati, Rosa ^a   Iafrate, Raffaella ^a   Scabini, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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EID: 33847009831     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590500412128     Document Type: Article

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