Personal Growth and Meaning in Life Among First-Time Mothers and Grandmothers

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 801-820

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

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grandmothers; Growth; Meaning in life; Mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866480644     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9291-5     Document Type: Article

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