Serious health events and their impact on changes in subjective health and life satisfaction: The role of age and a positive view on ageing

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-127

  Wurm, Susanne ^a   Tomasik, Martin J ^b   Tesch Römer, Clemens ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Longitudinal study; Positive view on ageing; Serious health event; Subjective (self rated) health

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649193736     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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