Mental well-being: A 16-year follow-up among older residents in Jyväskylä

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Heikkinen, Riitta Liisa ^a   Kauppinen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmosphere in formative environment; Loneliness; Longitudinal study; Mood; Older people

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78649700677     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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