The belief in a just world and subjective well-being in old age

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-444

  Dzuka, Josef ^a   Dalbert, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33750030431     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860600637778     Document Type: Article

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