Moderators in the relationship between social contact and psychological distress among widowed adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-363

  Ha, Jung Hwa ^a   Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

grief; social isolation; social support; widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 79956226790     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.519325     Document Type: Article

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