Perceived stress and everyday memory complaints among older adult women

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-481

  Potter, Guy G ^a   Hartman, Marilyn ^b   Ward, Taeh ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Aging; Depression; Life events; Memory complaints; Perceived stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70449470288     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800802449610     Document Type: Article

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