Stress, social relations, and psychological health over the life course

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-27

  Ajrouch, Kristine J ^a   Abdulrahim, Sawsan ^b   Antonucci, Toni C ^c  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lebanon; life course; psychological health; social relations; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LEBANON; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84874732016     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000076     Document Type: Article

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