Reminiscence and adaptation to critical life events in older adults with mild to moderate depressive symptoms

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 638-646

  Korte, Jojanneke ^a   Bohlmeijer, Ernst T ^a   Westerhof, Gerben J ^a   Pot, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptation; mental health; older adults; reminiscence functions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959395057     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.551338     Document Type: Article

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