Well-being as a psychological indicator of health in old age: A research agenda

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 61-70

  Džuka, Jozef ^a   Dalbert, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation of research; Old age; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378844     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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