Life satisfaction across adulthood: Different determinants at different ages?

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-164

  Siedlecki, Karen L ^a   Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^a   Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Invariance; Satisfaction with life scale; Structural equation modeling; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149117275     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701834602     Document Type: Article

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