Does "No" mean "Sometimes"? How older adults respond to the same depression symptoms with different response formats

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-378

  Sharp, Emily Schoenhofen ^a   Suthers, Kristen M ^b   Crimmins, Eileen ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Older adults; Response format; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649086909     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317110903110385     Document Type: Article

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