Good mothers never wane: Mothering at menopause

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-53

  Dillaway, Heather E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Ideology; Interviews; Menopause; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 33749624195     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v18n02_04     Document Type: Article

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