Coping, depressive feelings and gender differences in late life widowhood

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-353

  Bennett, Kate M ^a   Smith, P T ^b   Hughes, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 21244464434     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500089609     Document Type: Article

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