Adolescents' Precocious and Developmentally Appropriate Contributions to Their Families' Well-Being and Resilience in Five Countries

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-246

  Ungar, Michael ^a   Theron, Linda ^b   Didkowsky, Nora ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adultification; Cultural diversity; Family relationships; Parentification; Precocious contribution; Resilience; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952425947     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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