Shared family identity, age salience, and intergroup contact: Investigation of the grandparent-grandchild relationship

Communication Monographs

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-107

  Soliz, Jordan ^a   Harwood, Jake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes Towards Older Adults; Contact Theory; Family Identity; Grandparent Grandchild Relations; Intergenerational Communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645083466     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750500534388     Document Type: Article

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