Social participation reduces depressive symptoms among older adults: An 18-year longitudinal analysis in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chiao, Chi ^a   Weng, Li Jen ^b   Botticello, Amanda L ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Growth curve modeling; Older adults; Social participation; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955730916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-292     Document Type: Article

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