Intergenerational Support and Life Satisfaction: A Comparison of Chinese, Indonesian, and German Elderly Mothers

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 706-722

  Schwarz, Beate ^a   Albert, Isabelle ^b   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^c   Zheng, Gang ^d   Shi, Shaohua ^d   Nelwan, Peter R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e PADJADJARAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

family; old age; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955903024     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110372197     Document Type: Article

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