The roles of different sources of social support on emotional well-being among Chinese elderly

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Li, Haifeng ^a,b   Ji, Yang ^a   Chen, Tianyong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DIVORCED PERSON; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL WELL BEING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; WIDOWED PERSON; CHINA; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84896959866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090051     Document Type: Article

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