Optimism and depression as predictors of physical and mental health functioning: The normative aging study

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-130

  Achat, Helen ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Spiro, Avron ^b   Demolles, Deborah A ^c   Sparrow, David ^c  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0034444998     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02895776     Document Type: Article

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