Intergenerational solidarity and support between adult siblings

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-167

  Voorpostel, Marieke ^a   Blieszner, Rosemary ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult siblings; Intergenerational relations; Multi level models; Relationship processes; Social support; Western European families

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649095200     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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