An exploration of factors influencing adjustment among relocating rural elders

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Armer, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment adaptation; Relocation; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030090348     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb01175.x     Document Type: Article

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