Spiritual belief, social support, physical functioning and depression among older people in Bulgaria and Romania

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-333

  Coleman, Peter G ^a   Carare, Roxana O ^a   Petrov, Ignat ^b   Forbes, Elizabeth ^a   Saigal, Anita ^a   Spreadbury, John H ^a   Yap, Andrea ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

coping; Eastern Europe; mental health; religion; social change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; ROMANIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BULGARIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79956205027     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.519320     Document Type: Article

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