Individuation and Varieties of Well-Being Experience among Older Women

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 13-20

  Ruffing Rahal, MaryAnn ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Individuation; Older women; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERVIEWS; JUNGIAN THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN;

EID: 0032013531     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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