Conflict Between Mothers and Adolescents in Single-Mother, Blended, and Two-Biological-Parent Families

Parenting

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-370

  Laursen, Brett ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34748813301     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327922par0504_3     Document Type: Article

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