Solidarity-conflict and ambivalence: Testing two conceptual frameworks and their impact on quality of life for older family members

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lowenstein, Ariela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; GERMANY; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 34247643827     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.S100     Document Type: Article

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