Religion, health, and psychological well-being in older adults findings from three national surveys

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-531

  Levin, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Chatters, Linda M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031729934     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089826439801000406     Document Type: Article

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