Perceptions of help given to healthy older mothers by adult daughters: Ways of initiating help and types of help given

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-257

  Martini, Tanya S ^a,b   Grusec, Joan E ^a   Bernardini, Silvia Cortese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; EUROPE; GUYANA; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442582752     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/WXQ7-XPP8-F0H7-Q2KR     Document Type: Review

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