Longitudinal change in positive affect in community-dwelling older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1846-1853

  Kurland, Brenda F ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^b   Patrick, Donald L ^c   Larson, Eric B ^d   Phelan, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Longitudinal study; Positive affect; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTENTMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE AFFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITIVE AFFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COGNITION; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845494531     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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