The effects of religion on subjective aging in Singapore: An interreligious comparison

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 485-502

  Jianbin, Xu ^a   Mehta, Kalyani K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Buddhism and Christianity; Religion

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DYING; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXISTENTIALISM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0141920722     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(03)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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