Social network types and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Lee, Coty K L ^a   Chan, Alfred C M ^b   Leung, Edward M F ^c   Lee, Jik Joen ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hong Kong Chinese; Kinship; Social network; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70350435775     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp075     Document Type: Article

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