Activities of daily living, social support, and future health of older Americans

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Bozo, Özlem ^a   Guarnaccia, Charles ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Health; Older adults; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 73549119898     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980903356032     Document Type: Article

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