Caregiving and volunteering: Are private and public helping behaviors linked?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   Choi, Namkee G ^b   Mutchler, Jan E ^a   Caro, Francis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COOPERATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 24144485451     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.5.S247     Document Type: Review

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