Parent-child relations in adulthood: An intergenerational family systems perspective

Handbook of Dynamics in Parent-Child Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 325-344

  Norris, Joan E ^a   Pratt, Michael W ^b   Kuiack, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452229645.n16     Document Type: Chapter

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