Old and ill and still feeling well? Determinants of subjective well-being in ≥60 year olds: The role of the sense of coherence

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 850-859

  Schneider, Gudrun ^a   Driesch, Georg ^a   Kruse, Andreas ^b   Nehen, Hans Georg ^c   Heuft, Gereon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ELISABETH KRANKENHAUS ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Empiric study; Sense of coherence (SOC); Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHERENCE; COMPREHENSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEABILITY; MEANINGFULNESS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SALUTOGENETIC MODEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 33749658941     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000233784.04532.a5     Document Type: Article

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