Community participation and mental health during retirement in community sample of Australians

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-197

  Olesen, Sarah C ^a   Berry, Helen L ^b,c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

activity; continuity; distress; social

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 79951882873     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501053     Document Type: Article

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