The impact of an older adult parent on communicative satisfaction and dyadic adjustment in the long-term marital relationship: Adult-children and spouses' retrospective accounts

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-125

  Bethea, Lisa Sparks ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Communicative satisfaction; Consensus; Dyadic adjustment; Dyadic satisfaction; Family caregiving; Health communication; Intergenerational; Interpersonal; Marriage; Older adult; Relationships; Triad

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036000520     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880216582     Document Type: Article

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