Individualism, Collectivism and Ethnic Identity: Cultural Assumptions in Accounting for Caregiving Behaviour in Britain

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-216

  Willis, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Culture; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Individualism; Informal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865444282     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-012-9175-0     Document Type: Article

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