Juggling parent care and employment responsibilities: The dilemmas of adult daughter caregivers in the workforce

Sex Roles

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Martire, Lynn M ^a,c   Stephens, Mary Ann Parris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult daughter caregivers; Competing demands hypothesis; Employed caregivers; Energy expansion hypothesis; Family caregiving; Women's multiple roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037285355     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022407523039     Document Type: Review

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