Till marriage do us part: Adult children's relationships with their parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 360-376

  Sarkisian, Natalia ^a   Gerstel, Naomi ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Elderly parents; Intergenerational relations; Kinship; Marital status; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849140883     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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