Withdrawal or Second Childhood: The Challenge of Old Age in the Temple Town of Bhubaneswar

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-49

  Menon, Usha ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Old age; Oriya Hindu; Second childhood; Withdrawal; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857917256     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-012-9162-5     Document Type: Article

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