Grandparenting and Adolescent Adjustment in Two-Parent Biological, Lone-Parent, and Step-Families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a   Tan, Jo Pei ^b   Buchanan, Ann ^c   Flouri, Eirini ^d   Griggs, Julia ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents' adjustment; grandparenting; lone parents; parental separation; stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 60849135112     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014383     Document Type: Article

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