The effects of positive and negative support from children on widowed older adults' psychological adjustment: A longitudinal analysis

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-481

  Ha, Jung Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Grief; Intergenerational relationship; Negative social interactions; Spousal bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 77955017493     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp163     Document Type: Article

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