Personality traits and perceived social support among depressed older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 662-669

  Cukrowicz, Kelly C ^a   Franzese, Alexis T ^b   Thorp, Steven R ^c   Cheavens, Jennifer S ^d   Lynch, Thomas R ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Older adults; Perceived social support; Personality; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53949092058     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802343258     Document Type: Article

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