%0 Journal Article
%T Gender and coping in old age
%A Stefani
%A Dorina
%J Interdisciplinaria
%D 2004
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X in this study, empirical results referring argentine elderly people will be presented. the aim of the work is to find out whether gender influences: (1) the kind of situation which is perceived as potentially menacing, and (2) the kind of coping strategy used in order to lower the menace perceived. we will show the patterns of the groups of men and women for the kinds of situations which are seen as potentially menacing and the types of strategies used. a qualitative and quantitative comparative analysis is carried out according to gender.
%K coping
%K gender
%K old age.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1668-70272004000300008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en