Meaning in life as an important component of functioning in old age

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-231

  Takkinen, Sanna ^a,b   Ruoppila, Isto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0035713118     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/H6H6-YAT0-181Y-5BR3     Document Type: Article

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