Abide with me: Religious group identification among older adults promotes health and well-being by maintaining multiple group memberships

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 869-879

  Ysseldyk, Renate ^a,b   Haslam, S Alexander ^a,c   Haslam, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; health; religion; social identity; well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84883655311     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.799120     Document Type: Article

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