Parents and their young adult children: Transitions to adulthood

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 853-866

  Gitelson, Idy Barasch ^a   McDermott, Dana ^b  

^a DePaul University ^*

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 33751178601     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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