"He did it on purpose!" family correlates of negative attributions about an adolescent sibling

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-284

  Matthews, Lisa S ^a   Conger, Rand D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 4444262264     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2004.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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