Correlates of spirituality in older women

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Vahia, Ipsit V ^a,b   Depp, Colin A ^a,b   Palmer, Barton W ^b   Fellows, Ian ^b   Golshan, Shahrokh ^b   Thompson, Wesley ^a,b   Allison, Matthew ^c   Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; religiosity; resilience; spirituality; successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79251626040     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501069     Document Type: Article

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