Continuity and discontinuity in attitudes toward marital power relations: Pre-retired vs retired husbands

Ageing and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-595

  Kulik, Liat ^a   Bareli, Haia Zuckerman ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anticipated dependence; Attitudes toward gender roles; Emotional commitment; Marital power relations; Pre retirement stage; Resource Theory; Retirement stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344758554     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X97006491     Document Type: Article

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