Change and stability in measuring social functioning among aging Finnish municipal workers in two repeated measurements

Hallym International Journal of Aging

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-182

  Törmäkangas, Timo M ^a   Heikkinen, Riitta Liisa ^a   Ilmarinen, Juhani E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging workers; Assessment scales; Factor analysis; Reliability; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKER;

EID: 4444257420     PISSN: 15356523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/TE1R-8BVN-WMB8-GCGP     Document Type: Article

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