Resident-to-resident relational aggression and subjective well-being in assisted living facilities

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Trompetter, Hester ^a   Scholte, Ron ^a   Westerhof, Gerben ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

care facilities; mental health; social relationships; victimization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251621519     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501059     Document Type: Article

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