Strong support but uneasy relationships: Coresidence and adult children's relationships with their parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-76

  White, Lynn K ^a   Rogers, Stacy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coresidence; Exchange; Parent child relationships; Proximity; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176331     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353662     Document Type: Article

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