Positive life events and depressive symptoms in older adults

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 101-112

  Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023791172     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/08964289.1988.9935131     Document Type: Article

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