Social relationships, social support, and patterns of cognitive aging in healthy, high-functioning older adults: MacArthur studies of successful aging

Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-255

  Seeman, Teresa E ^a,e   Lusignolo, Tina M ^b   Albert, Marilyn ^c   Berkman, Lisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Social relationships; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034901791     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.20.4.243     Document Type: Article

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