Spousal Associations Between Functional Limitation and Depressive Symptom Trajectories: Longitudinal Findings From the Study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD)

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Hoppmann, Christiane A ^a   Gerstorf, Denis ^b   Hibbert, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Couples; Depressive symptoms; Functional limitations; Longitudinal trajectories

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE;

EID: 79952834213     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022094     Document Type: Article

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