Rethinking Family Development: Critical Conceptual Issues in the Study of Diverse Groups

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-334

  Dilworth Anderson, Peggye ^a   Burton, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual frameworks; diverse populations; family development; theoretical assumptions; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993778679     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407596133002     Document Type: Article

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