Development of the Parent Adult Relationship Questionnaire (PARQ)

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-135

  Pitzer, Lindsay ^a   Fingerman, Karen ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953736854     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.72.2.b     Document Type: Article

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