The effect of suffering on generativity: Accounts of elderly African American men

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 296-303

  Black, Helen K ^a   Rubinstein, Robert L ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Generativity; Suffering

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; LONELINESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; NARRATION; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 64149122998     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn012     Document Type: Article

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