Factors associated with "Ikigai" among members of a public temporary employment agency for seniors (Silver Human Resources Centre) in Japan; gender differences

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shirai, Kokoro ^a   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^b   Toyoda, Yasuhiro ^a   Takatorige, Toshio ^a   Tatara, Kozo ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; JOB FINDING; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER PLANNING; MORALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33746345034     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-12     Document Type: Article

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