Marital status as contingency for the effects of neighborhood disorder on older adults' mental health

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-434

  Bierman, Alex ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital status; Mental health; Neighborhoods; Perceived control; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349139716     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp010     Document Type: Article

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