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Mental health of small‐town Kansas elderly: A report from the great plains
Author(s) -
Scheldt Rick J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00935357
Subject(s) - psychosocial , mental health , health psychology , public health , gerontology , psychology , scale (ratio) , environmental health , geography , medicine , psychiatry , cartography , nursing
This paper presents an overview of a large-scale interview study of the subjective well-being of approximately 1,000 older (65 + years) Kansans residing across 18 small towns (2,500 and under in size). Descriptive results of assessments of social and psychological well-being are presented, along with a second-order taxonomy of well-being profiles. Results of path model analyses of physical, psychosocial, and demographic predictors of mental health of both men and women are offered. Data pertaining to the utilization of services are also presented.