Early parenting and intergenerational family relationships within African American families

Transitions through Adolescence: Interpersonal Domains and Context

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 233-248

  Merriwether De Vries, Cynthia ^a   Burton, Linda M ^a   Eggeletion, Lashawnda ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315789286-9     Document Type: Chapter

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