Of the family tree: Congruence on filial obligation between older parents and adult children in Japanese canadian families

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-96

  Kobayashi, Karen M ^a   Funk, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family; Fi lial obligation; Intergenerational relationships; Japanese Canadian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 77953045066     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980809990341     Document Type: Article

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