Relationships between bereavement and cognitive functioning in older adults

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 362-372

  Ward, L ^a   Mathias, J L ^a   Hitchings, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bereavement; Cognition; Cognitive functioning; Grief

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEREAVEMENT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STRESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 43449120968     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104787     Document Type: Article

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