Subjective well-being among the old-old: The role of health, personality and social support

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 265-280

  Landau, R ^a   Litwin, H ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034930160     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/RUMT-YCDX-X5HP-P2VH     Document Type: Article

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