Caregiving role affects family relationships of African American grandmothers as new mothers again: A phenomenological perspective

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-353

  Gibson, Priscilla A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COLORADO; FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ROLE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0036635405     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb01191.x     Document Type: Article

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