Do self-referent metacognition and residential context predict depressive symptoms across late-life span? A developmental study in an Italian sample

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 698-704

  Fastame, Maria Chiara ^a   Hitchcott, Paul Kenneth ^b   Penna, Maria Pietronilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; depression; mental health; metacognition; older adults; predictors; social desirability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METACOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METACOGNITION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84928992889     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.962003     Document Type: Article

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