Trait and state components of perceived parental differential treatment in middle adulthood: A longitudinal study

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-165

  Boll, Thomas ^a   Michels, Tom ^a   Ferring, Dieter ^a   Filipp, Sigrun Heide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult development; Adult offspring; Parent child relations; Personality traits; Sibling relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955763532     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000024     Document Type: Article

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