Informal support and psychological well-being of older Chinese community residents

China Journal of Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-161

  Poulin, John E ^a   Rong, Deng ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Informal support; Objective social support; Older persons; Psychological well being; Subjective social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868224655     PISSN: 17525098     EISSN: 17525101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2012.672166     Document Type: Article

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