Doing well: A SEM analysis of the relationships between various activities of daily living and geriatric well-being

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-226

  Katt, James ^a   Speranza, Linda ^b   Shore, Wendy ^c   Saenz, Karen ^d   Witta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Valencia Community College   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cognition; Depression; Geriatric

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350339677     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320903218190     Document Type: Article

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