Social capital and psychological distress of elderly in Japanese rural communities

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Hamano, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Yamasaki, Masayuki ^b   Fujisawa, Yoshikazu ^c   Ito, Katsuhisa ^a   Nabika, Toru ^b   Shiwaku, Kuninori ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; psychological distress; social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 79954503749     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1324     Document Type: Article

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