ABSTRACT

This study provides new insight, and helps to fill the informational void created by the lack of research on relocation effects upon the minority elderly, by focusing on signs of post-relocation mortality, psychosocial distress, and coping behavior in two groups of inner-city elderly black people.

chapter 1|10 pages

Social Change, Stress and Coping Behavior

part I|2 pages

Social Structure and Social Change in a Sheltered Society of Black Elders

chapter 2|12 pages

Social Stratification

chapter 3|11 pages

Self and Society

chapter 4|14 pages

The Religious Factor

chapter 5|12 pages

Primary Groups

part II|2 pages

Social Change, Social Conflict and Coping Behavior