Sense of community and depressive symptoms among older earthquake survivors following the 2008 earthquake in Chengdu China

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 776-785

  Li, Yawen ^a   Sun, Fei ^b   He, Xusong ^c   Chan, Kin Sun ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

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EID: 80051594185     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20469     Document Type: Article

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