Intergenerational interdependence: Mid-life couples’ help exchange in a three-generational model

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-290

  Lin, Li Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple; Parent child; Reciprocity; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749094311     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X03261175     Document Type: Article

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