Perceived overprotection: Support gone bad?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Cimarolli, Verena R ^a,b   Reinhardt, Joann P ^a   Horowitz, Amy ^a  

^a Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

^b Lighthouse International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 30344450772     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.1.S18     Document Type: Article

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