Meaning of aging in women's lives

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 3-22

  Covan, Eleanor Krassen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Home; Keeping the faith; Meaning; Preminiscence; Southern

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 30744434431     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v17n03_02     Document Type: Review

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