Is retirement good or bad for subjective well-being?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 83-86

  Kim, Jungmeen E ^a,c   Moen, Phyllis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Mt Hope Family Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological approach; Life course; Life quality; Retirement; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533670     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00121     Document Type: Review

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