Benefits of negative social exchanges for emotional closeness

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 612-621

  Fung, Helene H ^a   Yeung, Dannii Y ^b   Li, Kin Kit ^b   Lang, Frieder R ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese; Closeness; Negative social exchange; Social network; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249233526     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp065     Document Type: Article

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