Grandparenting and psychosocial health among older Chileans: A longitudinal analysis

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1047-1057

  Grundy, Emily M ^a   Albala, Cecilia ^b   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Dangour, Alan D ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^a   Uauy, Ricardo ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

depression; mental health; quality of life wellbeing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILE; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84867769011     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.692766     Document Type: Article

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