Intergenerational relationship quality, gender, and grandparent involvement

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-44

  Barnett, Melissa A ^a   Scaramella, Laura V ^b   Neppl, Tricia K ^c   Ontai, Lenna ^d   Conger, Rand D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandparents; Intergenerational relationships; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952055250     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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