The relationship between coping, social support, functional disability and depression in the elderly

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-31

  Greenglass, E ^a   Fiksenbaum, L ^a   Eaton, J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Elderly; Functional disability; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645161606     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14659890500436430     Document Type: Article

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