Is there life without work?

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-147

  Nuttman Shwartz, Orit ^a  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PENSIONER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; WELLBEING; WORK; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT;

EID: 34247895744     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/0628-W312-212P-H1J1     Document Type: Article

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