Activity as a predictor of mental well-being among older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 454-466

  Lampinen, P ^a   Heikkinen, R L ^a   Kauppinen, M ^a   Heikkinen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATH ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750034303     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860600640962     Document Type: Article

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