Caregiving grandmothers and their grandchildren: Well-being nine years later

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 648-654

  Goodman, Catherine Chase ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandchild; Grandmother caregivers; Longitudinal; Problem behaviors; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857440409     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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