Dark side of the mothering role: Abuse of mothers by adolescent and adult children

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 183-191

  Stewart, Michel ^a   Burns, Ailsa ^b   Leonard, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children; Families; Mothering; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847261675     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9148-2     Document Type: Article

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