Not accepted by the family: "Being difficult" or "being different"?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-263

  Komter, Aafke ^a   Voorpostel, Marieke ^b   Pels, Trees ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS)   (Switzerland)

^c Verwey Jonker Instituut   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family cohesion; Negative family relations; Risky families; Social competence; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650968661     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10377065     Document Type: Article

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