Relationship specialization amongst sources and receivers of social support and its correlations with loneliness and subjective well-being: A cross sectional study of Nepalese older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Chalise, Hom Nath ^a   Saito, Tami ^a   Takahashi, Miyako ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Life stability; Loneliness; Nepal; Social support; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846876564     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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