The effects of church attendance and marital status on the longitudinal trajectories of depressed mood among older adults

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 803-823

  Law, Rita W ^a,b   Sbarra, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging; Church attendance; Depression; Gender; Marital status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MOOD DISORDER; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOOD DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69149101642     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264309338300     Document Type: Article

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