Evaluating the stress-buffering function of meaning in life among older people

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 792-812

  Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Meaning in life; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548482544     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307304390     Document Type: Article

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