Caregiving decision making by older mothers and adult children: Process and expected outcome

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-221

  Cicirelli, Victor G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Decision making process; Dyadic decision making; Mother child; Regrets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; CHARITIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 33747038933     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.209     Document Type: Article

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