Is age-related stability of subjective well-being a paradox? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Berlin aging study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 511-526

  Kunzmann, Ute ^a   Little, Todd D ^a,b   Smith, Jacqui ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL LIFE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033819177     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.15.3.511     Document Type: Article

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