Transmitting relational worldviews: The relationship between mother-daughter memorable messages an adult daughters' romantic relational schemata

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 458-479

  Kellas, Jody Koenig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Communication; Intergenerational Transmission; Memorable Messages; Mother Daughter Communication; Relational Schemata

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957911913     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2010.525700     Document Type: Article

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