Adaptive, Growth-Oriented, and Positive Perceptions of Mother-Daughter Elder Caregiving Relationships: A Path-Analytic Investigation of Predictors

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 5-22

  Hollis Sawyer, Lisa A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERSONALITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0035236994     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v13n03_02     Document Type: Article

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