Perceived emotional support in family triads: Generation and gender differences

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Tagliabue, Semira ^a   Lanz, Margherita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family relationships; Intergenerational relationships; Invariance; Perceived emotional support; Social relations model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878319335     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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