Tending and befriending: The intertwined relationships of quilters

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-33

  Piercy, Kathleen W ^a   Cheek, Cheryl ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Generativity; Middle aged women; Older women; Quilting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE EVENT; MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; TEXTILE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXTILES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042841013     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v16n01_03     Document Type: Article

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