Mothers' and their adult daughters' perceptions of their relationship

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 452-481

  Bojczyk, Kathryn E ^a   Lehan, Tara J ^a   McWey, Lenore M ^a   Melson, Gail F ^b   Kaufman, Debra R ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult development; life course; mother daughter relationships; qualitative; relationship narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952076383     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10384073     Document Type: Article

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