Regional differences in mother-adult-child relations: A brief report

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Sechrist, Jori ^a,c   Suitor, J Jill ^a   Henderson, Angela C ^b   Cline, Krista M C ^a   Steinhour, Michael ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349043199     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.6.S388     Document Type: Article

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