Older people's belief of filial piety in China: Expectation and non-expectation

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Wang, Dahua ^a   Laidlaw, Ken ^b   Power, Mick J ^b   Shen, Jiliang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese elderly; Expectation scale; Filial piety

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449192655     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317110903347771     Document Type: Article

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