Structural Relationships between Social Activities and Longitudinal Trajectories of Depression among Older Adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Hong, Song Iee ^a,b   Hasche, Leslie ^c   Bowland, Sharon ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences   (Singapore)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Latent class analysis; Latent growth curve modeling; Mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 64849091851     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp006     Document Type: Article

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