Predictors of life satisfaction in retired physicians and spouses

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 134-141

  Austrom, Mary Guerriero ^a   Perkins, Anthony J ^b   Damush, Teresa M ^b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Physicians; Predictors of life satisfaction; Retirement; Spouses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RETIREMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 0038725420     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0610-y     Document Type: Article

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