Coping strategies of people living in multigenerational households: Effects on well-being

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-124

  Pruchno, Rachel A ^a,c   Burant, Christopher J ^b   Peters, Norah D ^a  

^a POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Menorah Park Center for Senior Living   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 1842411284     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.1.115     Document Type: Article

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