Psychological wellbeing in later life: The longitudinal effects of marriage, widowhood and marital status change

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-284

  Bennett, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Health; Later life; Longitudinal; Marital status; Mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING; WIDOW; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 15544368348     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1280     Document Type: Article

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