Attachment in African American and European American older adults: The roles of early life socialization and religiosity

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-214

  Montague, Diane P F ^a   Magai, Carol ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Gillespie, Michael ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Emotion; Ethnicity; Religiosity; Socialization

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037899259     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461673031000108487     Document Type: Review

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