Perspectives on Extended Family and Fictive Kin in the Later Years: Strategies and Meanings of Kin Reinterpretation

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1156-1177

  Allen, Katherine R ^a   Blieszner, Rosemary ^a   Roberto, Karen A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extended family; fictive kin; kin reinterpretation; later life families; middle aged adults; older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960947913     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11404335     Document Type: Article

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