Value similarity among grandparents, parents, and adolescent children: Unique or stereotypical?

Family Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-54

  Barni, D ^a   Ranieri, S ^a   Scabini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

adolescents; grandparents; parents; social cultural context; value similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866148344     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2011.671499     Document Type: Article

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