Social network types and well-being among South Korean older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-80

  Park, Sojung ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^a   Dunkle, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age cohort; Cross cultural differences; Social network types; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84890859838     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.801064     Document Type: Article

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