Gender Differences in Children's and Parents' Social Support Perceptions

Journal of Relationships Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-16

  Matthewson, Mandy ^a   Smith, Rosanne Burton ^b   Montgomery, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

gender differentiation; parent child support; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878540476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18380956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jrr.2.1.10     Document Type: Article

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