A salutogenic view on subjective well-being in active elderly persons

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-65

  Wiesmann, Ulrich ^a   Hannich, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 39749193841     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860701365998     Document Type: Article

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