Similarity of life goals in the family: A three-generation study

Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 338-369

  Grob, Alexander ^a   Weisheit, Wibke ^a   Gomez, Veronica ^a  

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511804670.016     Document Type: Chapter

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