How well are families doing? A description of family well-being in South Africa

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 9-18

  Roman, Nicolette Vanessa ^a   Isaacs, Serena Ann ^a   Davids, Charl ^a   Sui, Xin Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Family functioning; Family resilience; Family satisfaction; Family well being; Parenting styles; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983568256     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2016.0115     Document Type: Article

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