Reported coping strategies and depressive symptoms among African American and white residents of congregate housing

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 473-494

  Adams, Kathryn Betts ^a   Roberts, Amy Restorick ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Adaptation; Congregate housing; Coping; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OHIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954837023     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2010.486431     Document Type: Article

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