Conflict engagement and conflict disengagement during interactions between adults and their parents

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Cichy, Kelly E ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^b   Fingerman, Karen L ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Ethnicity; Observations; Parent adult child relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871793906     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs046     Document Type: Article

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