Daily spiritual experiences in a biracial, community-based population of older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 779-789

  Skarupski, Kimberly A ^a,b   Fitchett, George ^b   Evans, Denis A ^a,b,c   Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

psychosocial correlates; race ethnicity; religiosity; spirituality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77956021421     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607861003713265     Document Type: Article

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