The relationship between grandparent satisfaction, meaning, and generativity

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-48

  Thiele, Dianne M ^a   Whelan, Thomas A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTHOOD; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 39749165748     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.66.1.b     Document Type: Article

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