Personal growth and the transition to grandfatherhood

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-285

  Taubman Ben Ari, Orit ^a   Findler, Liora ^a   Shlomo, Shirley ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864128492     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.74.4.a     Document Type: Article

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