Humor coping, health status, and life satisfaction among older adults residing in assisted living facilities

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 438-445

  Celso, Brian G ^a   Ebener, D J ^b   Burkhead, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING HUMOR SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMOR; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE SATISFACTION INDEX A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0142245694     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860310001594691     Document Type: Article

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