Passing over: Identity transition in widows

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-364

  Cheek, Cheryl ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 77955288162     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.70.4.d     Document Type: Article

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