Emotional reactivity to network stress in middle and late adulthood: The role of childhood parental emotional abuse and support

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 782-791

  Poon, Cecilia Y M ^a,b   Knight, Bob G ^b  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse neglect; Attachment; Life course life span; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869422297     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns009     Document Type: Article

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