The impact of acculturation in Mexican American families on the quality of adult grandchild-grandparent relationships

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 188-198

  Silverstein, Merril ^a   Chen, Xuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Intergenerational; Mexican Americans; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074580     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353893     Document Type: Article

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