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7 - Power in Families

from Part II - Power in Close Relationships: Interpersonal Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

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Brian G. Ogolsky ,
Angela M. Whittaker  and
J. Kale Monk
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Jennifer J. Harman
Christopher R. Agnew
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Purdue University, Indiana
Jennifer J. Harman
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Colorado State University
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Power in Close Relationships , pp. 143 - 172
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