Cultural and demographic changes and their effects upon the traditional grandparent role for Chinese elders

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 107-120

  Mjelde Mossey, Lee Ann ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Culture; Grandparent; Intergenerational; Role loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849095230     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/10911350802107785     Document Type: Article

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