How to understand and improve older people's self-management of wellbeing

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-244

  Steverink, Nardi ^a,b   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^b   Slaets, Joris P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interventions; Resources; Self management of wellbeing theory; Social production function theory; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044443859     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0012-y     Document Type: Article

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