Neighbourhood cohesion and mental wellbeing among older adults: A mixed methods approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-51

  Elliott, Jane ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^b,c   Parsons, Samantha ^a   Kuh, Diana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Britain; Cohorts; Neighbourhood cohesion; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD COHESION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; WELLBEING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGEING; BRITAIN; COHORTS; NEIGHBOURHOOD COHESION; WELLBEING;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84896979394     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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