Disengagement in Women or How to Keep Marriage from Being Like Dying.

Manis, Laura G.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Disengagement in Women or How to Keep Marriage from Being Like Dying

Manis, Laura G.

Personnel and Guidance Journal, 55, 4, 186-191, Dec 76

Compares the concept of disengagement as it has been applied to the aged to the behavior of many married women in order to focus attention upon the similar characteristics and consequences of social withdrawal and isolation. Implications for counselors are included. (Author)

Descriptors: Females, Marriage, Middle Aged Adults, Middle Class Culture, Social Isolation, Sociocultural Patterns, State of the Art Reviews

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