Stress and depression among older residents in religious monasteries: Do friends and God matter?

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-23

  Bishop, Alex J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FRIEND; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATHOLICISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 52049125991     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.67.1.a     Document Type: Article

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