The mediating role of health perceptions in the relation between physical and mental health: A study of older residents in assisted living facilities

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-452

  Jang, Yuri ^a,b   Bergman, Elizabeth ^a   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^a   Molinari, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living facilities; Depressive symptoms; Health perceptions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PROPHYLAXIS; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248366496     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307300969     Document Type: Article

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