Introduction: Ambivalence in parent-child relations in later life

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-19

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Lüscher, Kurt ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 34247649988     PISSN: 15303535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1530-3535(03)04001-9     Document Type: Review

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