Childhood adversity, midlife generativity, and later life well-being

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 942-952

  Landes, Scott D ^a   Ardelt, Monika ^b   Vaillant, George E ^c   Waldinger, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment to aging; Adversarial childhood; Generativity; Later life health; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911441363     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu055     Document Type: Article

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