Recovering from spousal bereavement in later life: Does volunteer participation play a role?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Li, Yunqing ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; WIDOW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSE; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; SPOUSES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 34548624657     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.4.S257     Document Type: Article

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