Parenting of Adult Children in an Israeli Sample: Parents Are Always Parents

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-235

  Levitzki, Naama ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

adult children; ambivalence; dialectic; parental role; parenting adult children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 65549134560     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015218     Document Type: Article

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