Coping and Depression in Old Age: A Literature Review
Author(s) -
Guro Hanevold Bjørkløf,
Knut Engedal,
Geir Selbæk,
Siren E. Kouwenhoven,
AnneSofie Helvik
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000346633
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , cinahl , psycinfo , psychology , clinical psychology , medline , medicine , psychiatry , gerontology , psychological intervention , law , political science
The interest in the relation between coping and depression in older persons is growing, but research on the concepts and instruments of coping in relation to depression among older persons is scarce and systematic reviews are lacking. With this background, we wanted to gain a systematic overview of this field by performing a systematic literature search.
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