Explaining mothers' ambivalence toward their adult children

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 602-613

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Suitor, J Jill ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging family; Ambivalence; Parent child relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036678992     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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