Mothers' and fathers' perceptions of mutuality in middle childhood: The domain of intimacy

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1104-1124

  Oliphant, Amy E ^a   Kuczynski, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

closeness; middle childhood; mutuality; parent child intimacy; relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959893553     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11402946     Document Type: Article

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