The adaptive and maladaptive faces of dependency in later life: Links to physical and psychological health outcomes

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 700-712

  Fiori, Katherine ^a   Consedine, Nathan ^b   Magai, Carol ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Detachment; Emotional reliance; Interpersonal dependency; Neediness

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 56749183273     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802148863     Document Type: Article

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