Productive roles, gender, and depressive symptoms: Evidence from a national longitudinal study of late-middle-aged Japanese

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Sugihara, Yoko ^a   Sugisawa, Hidehiro ^b   Shibata, Hiroshi ^b   Harada, Ken ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Productive roles; Volunteer work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; ROLE CHANGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 49349140753     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.4.P227     Document Type: Article

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