Prayer and depressive symptoms in a period of secularization: Patterns among older adults in the Netherlands

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Braam, Arjan W ^a,b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Poppelaars, Jan L ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Depression; Later life; Prayer; Religiousness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; SECULARISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SECULARISM; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

EID: 34447297886     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31802d0ae8     Document Type: Article

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