Conceptualizing and uncovering intergenerational ambivalence

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 23-62

  Lüscher, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 34247659866     PISSN: 15303535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1530-3535(03)04002-0     Document Type: Review

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