Self-perceptions of aging mediate the longitudinal relationship of hopelessness and depressive symptoms

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 591-597

  Gum, Amber M ^a   Ayalon, Liat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

depression; Health and Retirement Study; hopelessness; self perceptions of aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; HOPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT;

AGED; AGING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 85042630821     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4826     Document Type: Article

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