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Growing old in a risk society — elder abuse in Canada
Author(s)	Karl Brozowski, David R Hall
Journal title	Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 16, no 3, 2004
Pages	pp 65-81
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Elder abuse ; Personal relationships ; Family relationships ; Social surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	Risk society theorists maintain that uncertainty and instability dominate intimate relationships. The authors used weighted data from Canada's 1999 General Social Survey to examine several variables potentially associated with the interpersonal risk of emotional elder abuse. Employing binary logistic regression, they found that those older people who were isolated from external supports, as well as those who had a change in marital status, were more likely to experience emotional elder abuse, supporting risk theory. Conversely, religiosity failed to influence the occurrence of emotional elder abuse, a finding that is inconsistent with theoretical expectations. More rigorous testing of the theory is required. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-051026003 A
Classmark	QNT: DS: DS:SJ: 3F: 7S
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