Social control, social support, and companionship in older adults' family relationships and friendships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Rook, Karen S ^a   Ituarte, Philip H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 22644450345     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1999.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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