Functional Disability and Social Conflict Increase Risk of Depression in Older Adulthood Among Bolivian Forager-Farmers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 948-956

  Stieglitz, Jonathan ^a   Schniter, Eric ^b   Von Rueden, Christopher ^c   Kaplan, Hillard ^a,b   Gurven, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Depression; Disability; Evolution; Tsimane; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMERICAN INDIAN; BOLIVIA; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BOLIVIA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 84946568865     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu080     Document Type: Article

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