Social Skills, Family Conflict, and Loneliness in Families

Communication Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-87

  Burke, Tricia J ^a   Woszidlo, Alesia ^b   Segrin, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Conflict; Loneliness; Social Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867311668     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: 17451043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934215.2012.719461     Document Type: Article

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