Beyond Warmth and Conflict: The Developmental Utility of a Boundary Conceptualization of Sibling Relationship Processes

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2121-2138

  Bascoe, Sonnette M ^a   Davies, Patrick T ^a   Cummings, E Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869465646     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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