Codependency and related health variables.
Codependency is a controversial concept especially for feminist scholars who are concerned about pathologizing traditional female roles. This study's purpose was to determine: (1) the prevalence of codependency in a sample of older women who because of age may ascribe to traditional roles; (2) how t...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Psychiatric Nursing Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 150 - 159 |
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Elsevier B.V.
2000 Jun
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