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Direct linkHinterlong, James; Ryan, Scott – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: There is a dearth of research on older adoptive parents caring for minor children, despite a growing number of such adoptions finalized each year. This study offers a large-scale investigation of adoptive families headed by older parents. We describe these families and explore how preadoptive kinship between the adoptive parent and the…
Descriptors: Placement, Family Relationship, Parents, Adoption
Peer reviewedNacoste, Denise R. Barnes; Wise, Erica H. – Gerontologist, 1991
Investigated extent to which cognitions mediate relationship between negative life events and depression. College students and their same-sex parents and grandparents (n=171) completed measures of stressful life events, automatic thoughts, dysfunctional attitudes, and depression. Found interaction between negative life events and cognition for…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
