Discrepancies in parent's and adult child's reports of support and contact

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 495-506

  Mandemakers, Jornt J ^a   Dykstra, Pearl A ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyadic couple data; Intergenerational relations; Measurement; Nonresidential parents; Social support; Western European families

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849121227     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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