Which social needs are important for subjective well-being? What happens to them with aging?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-290

  Steverink, Nardi ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Social needs; Social production function theory; Social relationships; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33745870928     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.281     Document Type: Article

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