The effect of widowhood on intergenerational ambivalence

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ha, Jung Hwa ^a   Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Intergenerational dependence; Parent child relationships; Spousal loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIDOW;

EID: 41649121952     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.1.S49     Document Type: Article

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