Family strengths and challenges in Kenya

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-70

  Njue, Jane Rose M ^a   Rombo, Dorothy O ^b   Ngige, Lucy W ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Communitarianism; Familism; Family challenges; Family strengths; Family values

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548608396     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v41n01_04     Document Type: Article

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