An Empirical Study of Object Relations in Adult Children of Depressed Elderly Mothers.

Hernandez, Nancy A.; Hinrichsen, Gregory A.; Lapidus, Leah Blumberg

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ERIC Number: EJ573125

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Publication Date: 1998

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An Empirical Study of Object Relations in Adult Children of Depressed Elderly Mothers.

Hernandez, Nancy A.; Hinrichsen, Gregory A.; Lapidus, Leah Blumberg

International Journal of Aging & Human Development, v46 n2 p143-56 1998

Examines coping and emotional distress in children (N=50) assisting an elderly mother hospitalized for depression. The hypothesis that maternal object-relations would be related to more adaptive coping and less emotional distress received partial support, whereas the idea that mothers' history of depression would be associated with the child's object relations received support. (MKA)

Descriptors: Adult Children, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Older Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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