Stepchildren's perceptions of the contradictions in communication with stepparents

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-467

  Baxter, Leslie A ^a   Braithwaite, Dawn O ^b   Bryant, Leah ^c   Wagner, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Relational dialectics; Stepfamilies; Stepparent stepchild communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344672555     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504044841     Document Type: Article

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