Effects of life course transitions on the quality of relationships between adult children and their parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 924-938

  Kaufman, Gayle ^a,b   Uhlenberg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational relationships; Life course transitions; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040942672     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353635     Document Type: Article

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