Continuous participation in voluntary groups as a protective factor for the psychological well-being of adults who develop functional limitations: Evidence from the National Survey of Families and Households

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Greenfield, Emily A ^a   Marks, Nadine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33947716712     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.S60     Document Type: Article

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