Young adults' reactions to grandparent painful self-disclosure: The influence of grandparent sex and overall motivations for communication

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-215

  Barker, Valerie ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GRANDCHILD; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34250655746     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/KTNU-0373-20W7-4781     Document Type: Article

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