- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A descriptive study of factors leading to alcoholism among senior citizens population in Atlanta public housing highrise, 1992
- Creator:
- Crayton, Lynette
- Date of Original:
- 1992-06-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The objective of this descriptive study was to examine the following variables: (a) historical backgrounds, (b) alcohol use, (c) depression, (d) loneliness, and (e) concerns about death. To attain this objective, a reliable and valid self-administered forty-two (42) itemed questionnaire was given to nineteen (19) males and eleven (11) females, ranging in ages from fifty-nine (59) and eighty-five (85), residing in Atlanta Public Housing Highrise located in Atlanta, Georgia. The result of the study revealed that those elderly persons residing in an Atlanta Public Housing Highrise, experienced a significant degree of alcoholism, depression, loneliness, and concerns about death.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1992_crayton_lynette
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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