Adverse life events among community-dwelling persons aged 65-70 years: Gender differences in occurrence and perceived psychological consequences

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-16

  Seematter Bagnoud, Laurence ^a   Karmaniola, Athanassia ^a   Santos Eggimann, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation psychological; Aged; Gender; Life change events

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 76849087119     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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