An examination of the vulnerability hypothesis.
Follow-up information from three groups of older persons (community residents, clinic clients, the institutionalized) confirms and extends data presented by Yolmans and Yarrow [1] indicating that increasing interdependence among different areas of functioning increases with age, possibly resulting in increased vulnerability in time of loss. Some implications of these findings were indicated.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors