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Original Papers

Psychological well-being of Chinese Immigrant adult-child caregivers: how do filial expectation, self-rated filial performance, and filial discrepancy matter?

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Pages 489-496 | Received 10 May 2018, Accepted 29 Oct 2018, Published online: 09 Jan 2019

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