Shards of sorrow: Older men's accounts of their depression experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Apesoa Varano, Ester Carolina ^a   Barker, Judith C ^b   Hinton, Ladson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Construction of self; Depression experience; Masculinity; Older men; United States

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER ROLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SORROW; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84910017220     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.054     Document Type: Article

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