Grandparent health and young adults' judgments of their grandparent-grandchild relationships

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-173

  Boon, Susan D ^a   Shaw, Megan J ^a   MacKinnon, Stacey L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common Sense Model of illness representations; Grandparent grandchild relationships; Health; Relationship experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349104298     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15350770801955115     Document Type: Article

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