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Litwin, Howard; Zoabi, Sameer – Social Work Research, 2004
The goal of the study was to determine the relative strength of four major explanations for the rise of elder abuse among a population in transition from traditional to modern culture. The study compared a sample of 120 abused elderly Arab Israelis with a control group of 120 nonabused older adults from the same background. The abuse status…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Integration