"You don't want to hurt his feelings⋯": Family leisure as a context for intergenerational ambivalence

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-508

  Hebblethwaite, Shannon ^a   Norris, Joan E ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family leisure; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Intergenerational ambivalence

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84055219496     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2010.11950214     Document Type: Article

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