Filling the parenting gap? grandparent involvement with U.K. adolescents

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 992-1015

  Tan, Jo Pei ^a   Buchanan, Ann ^b   Flouri, Eirini ^c   Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^d   Griggs, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Closeness; Grandparent involvement; Grandparents; Intergenerational relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952912530     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09360499     Document Type: Article

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