Gender differences in the relation between depression and social support in later life

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Sonnenberg, C M ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a   Van Tilburg, T G ^b   Vink, D ^c   Stek, M L ^a   Beekman, A T F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Knowledge Centre of Psychiatry in the Elderly   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aging; depression; epidemiology; sex differences; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84873040307     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001202     Document Type: Article

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