Annotation: On the grandmothers' role in the adjustment and maladjustment of grandchildren

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 747-753

  Lavers, Catherine A ^b   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children's adjustment; Extended families; Family conflict; Grandmothers; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; PARENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0030728552     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01593.x     Document Type: Review

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