'Only children' and their coalition of parents: Considering grandparents and parents as joint caregivers in urban Xiamen, China

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 221-231

  Goh, Esther C L ^a   Kuczynski, Leon ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child rearing; China; Grandparents; Multigenerational family; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349264567     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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