Adolescents' perspectives on relationships with grandparents: The contribution of adolescent, grandparent, and parent-grandparent relationship variables

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1057-1066

  Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a   Tan, Jo Pei ^b   Buchanan, Ann ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent grandchildren; Emotional closeness; Grandparent involvement; Parent grandparent relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649414196     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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