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An Examination of Everyday Talk in Stepfamily Systems

Paul SchrodtCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dawn O. BraithwaiteView further author information
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Pages 216-234 | Published online: 23 Aug 2007

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Stephanie Rollie Rodriguez. (2014) “We’ll only see parts of each other’s lives:” The role of mundane talk in maintaining nonresidential parent–child relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 31:8, pages 1134-1152.
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