Social network typologies and mental health among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Fiori, Katherine L ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a   Cortina, Kai S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 30344472377     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.1.P25     Document Type: Article

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