Cross-national comparisons of gender differences in late-life depressive symptoms in Japan and the United States

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-454

  Tiedt, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Depression; Gender; Intergenerational relations; Living arrangements; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876588271     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt013     Document Type: Article

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