Intergenerational relationships and aging: Families, cohorts, and social change

The Gerontological Prism: Developing Interdisciplinary Bridges

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 115-147

  Bengtson, Vern ^a   Biblarz, Timothy J ^b   Clarke, Edward ^c   Giarrusso, Roseann ^d   Roberts, Robert E L ^e   Richlin Klonsky, Judith ^d   Silverstein, Merril ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315223551-6     Document Type: Chapter

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