Leisure activity and depressive symptoms of widowed and married women in later life

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-266

  Janke, Megan C ^a,d   Nimrod, Galit ^b   Kleiber, Douglas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Aging; Health; Negative life events; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DATA SET; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 46249087573     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2008.11950140     Document Type: Article

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