Do age differences in close and problematic family ties reflect the pool of available relatives?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Fingerman, Karen L ^a,b   Birditt, Kira S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPOUSE; THEORY;

EID: 0037346244     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.P80     Document Type: Article

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