Social network type and subjective well-being in a national sample of older Americans

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-388

  Litwin, Howard ^a   Shiovitz Ezra, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Happiness; Loneliness; NSHAP; Social relations; Social work

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957521353     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq094     Document Type: Article

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