Within-family differences in mothers' support to adult children

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Suitor, J Jill ^a   Pillemer, Karl ^b   Sechrist, Jori ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 30344432068     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.1.S10     Document Type: Article

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