Childhood adversity and men’s relationships in adulthood: Life course processes and racial disadvantage

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 902-913

  Umberson, Debra ^e   Thomeer, Mieke Beth ^a   Williams, Kristi ^b   Thomas, Patricia A ^c   Liu, Hui ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative advantage disadvantage; Family sociology; In depth interviews; Minority aging (race ethnicity); Qualitative methods; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85016596098     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv091     Document Type: Article

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