Adult children's supportive behaviors and older parents' subjective well-being - A developmental perspective on intergenerational relationships

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 661-680

  Lang, Frieder R ^a   Schütze, Yvonne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036971459     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-4560.00283     Document Type: Article

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