Empty nest or revolving door? A prospective study of women's quality of life in midlife during the phase of children leaving and re-entering the home

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 545-550

  Dennerstein, L ^a   Dudley, E ^a   Guthrie, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOOD; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036225942     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291701004810     Document Type: Article

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