Self-transcendence and depression in middle-age adults

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 698-713

  Ellermann, Caroline R ^a   Reed, Pamela G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035513797     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450122045492     Document Type: Article

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