Social Cohesion and Self-Rated Health: The Moderating Effect of Neighborhood Physical Disorder

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 302-312

  Bjornstrom, Eileen E S ^a   Ralston, Margaret L ^a   Kuhl, Danielle C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Neighborhoods; Self rated health; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84886752807     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9595-1     Document Type: Article

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