Quality of life and psychological health indicators in the national social life, health, and aging project

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Shiovitz Ezra, Sharon ^a   Leitsch, Sara ^b   Graber, Jessica ^b   Karraker, Amelia ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Later life; Measurement; NSHAP; Psychological health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350733611     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn020     Document Type: Article

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