Development of a model describing individuated adult child-parent relationships

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-389

  Buhl, Heike M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult child parent relationships; Adulthood; Connectedness; Germany; Individuation; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTIMACY; MALE; MODEL; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 50449108590     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408093656     Document Type: Article

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