Psychosocial predictors of mental health in a population of elderly women: Test of an explanatory model

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Bienenfeld, David ^a,b   Koenig, Harold G ^a   Larson, David B ^a   Sherrill, Kimberly A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0031034796     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199705010-00006     Document Type: Article

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