Caregiving grandmothers with vs. without child welfare system involvement: Effects of expressed need, formal services, and informal social support on caregiver burden

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-441

  Goodman, Catherine Chase ^a   Potts, Marilyn Kay ^a   Pasztor, Eileen Mayers ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Grandchildren; Grandparent caregivers; Services; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947189040     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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