Chronological and subjective age differences in flourishing mental health and major depressive episode

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Keyes, Corey L M ^a   Westerhof, Gerben J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depression; epidemiology (mental health); mental health measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855916429     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.596811     Document Type: Article

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