Solidarity and conflict between adult children and parents: A latent class analysis

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 947-960

  Van Gaalen, Ruben I ^a   Dykstra, Pearl A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Family conflict; Intergenerational relations; Latent class analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749560912     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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