Older Women Living Alone: Technical Environmental Assessment of Psychological Well-Being

Research on Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 407-425

  Carp, Frances M ^a   Christensen, David L ^a  

^a WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022771221     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027586008003004     Document Type: Article

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