Meeting filial responsibilities in brothers-only sibling groups

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Matthews, Sarah H ^a   Heidorn, Jenifer ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031693766     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.5.S278     Document Type: Article

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