Autobiographical memory and depression in the later age: The bump is a turning point

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Gidron, Yori ^a   Alon, Shirly ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; ONSET AGE; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; AGING; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34247869956     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/96L8-6J35-0297-M403     Document Type: Article

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