Altruistic social interest behaviors are associated with better mental health

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 778-785

  Schwartz, Carolyn E ^a,c   Meisenhelder, Janice Bell ^b   Ma, Yunsheng ^a   Reed, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Mental health; Physical health; Response shift; Social interest; Social support; Spirituality; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0141523167     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000079378.39062.D4     Document Type: Article

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