Positive attitudes toward older people and well-being among chinese community older adults

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 622-639

  Lu, Luo ^a   Kao, Shu Fang ^b   Hsieh, Ying Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSUAN CHUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward older people; Community participation; Social support; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

EID: 77957772508     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809343289     Document Type: Article

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