Aging and Social Satisfaction: Offsetting Positive and Negative Effects

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 435-439

  von Hippel, William ^a   Henry, Julie D ^b   Matovic, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

hassles; social activities; social satisfaction; uplifts; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46849121145     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.435     Document Type: Article

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