The Gender Gap in Depressive Symptoms Among Japanese Elders: Evaluating Social Support and Health as Mediating Factors

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-256

  Tiedt, Andrew D ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Care; Depression; Gender; Japan; Support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGOTIATING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957165275     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-010-9122-x     Document Type: Article

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