Communicative predictors of solidarity in the grandparent-grandchild relationship

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 743-766

  Harwood, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation theory; Grandparenting; Relational solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034557243     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407500176003     Document Type: Article

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