Grandmothers Offering Regular Auxiliary Care for Their Grandchildren: An Expression of Generativity in Later Life?

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-312

  Villar, Feliciano ^a   Celdrán, Montserrat ^a   Triadó, Carme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

care; generativity; grandmothers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COOPERATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SPAIN;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SPAIN;

EID: 84868254433     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2012.708576     Document Type: Article

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