Light exposure is related to social and emotional functioning and to quality of life in older women

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Grandner, Michael A ^a,b   Kripke, Daniel F ^b   Langer, Robert D ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Emotional disturbances; Interpersonal relations; Phototherapy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33744525077     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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