Conflict sources and responses in mother-daughter relationships: Perspectives of adult daughters of aging immigrant women

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 151-165

  Usita, Paula M ^a   Du Bois, Barbara C ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging women; Conflict sources; Immigrant women; Mother daughter relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEGOTIATING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 23244445978     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v17n01_11     Document Type: Article

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