Intergenerational triads in skipped-generation grandfamilies

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-258

  Goodman, Catherine Chase ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GRANDCHILD; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; PARENTAL STRESS; WELLBEING;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD REARING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 35548982096     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.65.3.c     Document Type: Article

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