Expressions of generativity through family leisure: Experiences of grandparents and adult grandchildren

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-133

  Hebblethwaite, Shannon ^a   Norris, Joan ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

family leisure; generativity; grandchildren; grandparents; intergenerational relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650933360     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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