The impact of giving support to others on older adults' perceived health status

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-37

  Abolfathi Momtaz, Yadollah ^a   Ibrahim, Rahimah ^a   Hamid, Tengku A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aged; Giving social support; Hierarchical regression; Perceived health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84896392948     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12036     Document Type: Article

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