Affiliation, pride, exchange, and distance in grandparents' accounts of relationships with their college-aged grandchildren

Journal of Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 31-47

  Harwood, J ^a   Lin, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0034358265     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02851.x     Document Type: Article

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