Assessing subjective well-being in Chinese older adults: The Chinese aging well profile

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-460

  Ku, Po Wen ^a   Fox, Kenneth R ^b   McKenna, Jim ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Psychological well being; Quality of life; Scale; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 44649169752     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9150-2     Document Type: Article

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