Beyond Gender Differences: Adaptation to Aging in Life Course PerspectivePutting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in adaptation overall, to the death of a spouse, and to retirement. From the multifactored theoretical perspectives of symbolic interactionism and polit |
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Beyond Gender Differences: Adaptation to Aging in Life Course Perspective Laurie Russell Hatch No preview available - 2018 |
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