Intergenerational Relationships in the Family: Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Country Variations in Germany, Israel, Palestine, and Turkey

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 652-670

  Kagitcibasi, Cigdem ^a   Ataca, Bilge ^b   Diri, Aysesim ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

family change theory; intergenerational relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955859289     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110372193     Document Type: Article

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