Parenting stress: A comparison of grandmother caretakers and mothers

Journal of Mental Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-210

  Musil, Carol M ^a   Youngblut, JoAnne M ^b   Ahn, Sukhee ^c   Curry, Vanessa L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RACE; STRESS;

EID: 0036766640     PISSN: 10784470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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