Caught in the middle? Occupancy in multiple roles and help to parents in a national probability sample of Canadian adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Rosenthal, Carolyn J ^a   Martin Matthews, Anne ^b   Matthews, Sarah H ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029798977     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.6.S274     Document Type: Article

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