Attachment to “place” and coping with losses in changed communities: A paradox for aging adults

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-214

  Cook, Christine C ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Yearns, Mary ^a   Damhorst, Mary Lynn ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging adults; Attachment to place; Community resources; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249147180     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X06296794     Document Type: Article

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