The relationships among family, friends, and psychological well-being for Thai elderly

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 993-1003

  Thanakwang, Kattika ^a   Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^b   Soonthorndhada, Kusol ^c  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

positive mental health; social networks; social relationships; social support

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84867753576     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.692762     Document Type: Article

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