Multiple roles and mental health in cross-cultural perspective: The elderly in the United States and Japan

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-76

  Kikuzawa, Saeko ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ROLE PLAYING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646117034     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650604700105     Document Type: Article

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