Family conflict from the perspective of adult child caregivers: The influence of gender

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-487

  Kwak, Minyoung ^a   Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^a   Kim, Jeungkun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

caregiver stress; elder's impairment; family dissonance; gender differences; parental care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868662406     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407511431188     Document Type: Article

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