Perceived Family and Friend Support and the Psychological Well-Being of American and Chinese Elderly Persons

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-317

  Poulin, John ^a   Deng, Rong ^b   Ingersoll, Travis Sky ^c   Witt, Heather ^a   Swain, Melanie ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Family support; Friend support; Informal support; Loneliness; Psychological well being; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONELINESS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84870393132     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-012-9177-y     Document Type: Article

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