Validation of geriatric depression scale-5 scores among sedentary older adults

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 667-675

  Marquez, David X ^a,b   McAuley, Edward ^a   Motl, Robert W ^a   Elavsky, Steriani ^a   Konopack, James F ^a   Jerome, Gerald J ^a,c   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Construct validation; Depression; Geriatric Depression Scale; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745944953     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405282464     Document Type: Article

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