The retirement adjustment process: Changes in the well-being of male retirees across time

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Gall, Terry L ^a   Evans, David R ^a   Howard, John ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031004403     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.3.P110     Document Type: Article

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