Multiple roles and well-being among midlife women: Testing role strain and role enhancement theories

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Reid, Jennifer ^a   Hardy, Melissa ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RATING SCALE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033460169     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.6.S329     Document Type: Article

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