Functional support associated with belonging to the Red Hat Society®, a leisure-based social network

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-555

  Kerstetter, Deborah L ^a,e   Yarnal, Careen M ^a   Son, Julie S ^b   Yen, I Yin ^c   Baker, Birgitta S ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional support; Older women; Social network

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 58149125498     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2008.11950151     Document Type: Article

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