Unhappiness, health and cognitive ability in old age

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Rabbitt, P ^a,b   Lunn, M ^a   Ibrahim, S ^c   Cobain, M ^d   McInnes, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Cognitive ability; Contentment; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 38549135438     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707002139     Document Type: Article

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