The Long Reach of Nurturing Family Environments: Links With Midlife Emotion-Regulatory Styles and Late-Life Security in Intimate Relationships

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1443-1450

  Waldinger, Robert J ^a,b   Schulz, Marc S ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; attachment; coping; emotion regulation; family environment; life span development

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84994235456     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616661556     Document Type: Article

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