The personal experience of aging: Multidimensionality and multidirectionality in relation to successful aging and well-being;De beleving van het eigen ouder worden: Multidimensionaliteit en multidirectionaliteit in relatie tot succesvol ouder worden en welbevinden

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 96-103

  Westerhof, Gerben J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037741118     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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