Life Satisfaction Shows Terminal Decline in Old Age: Longitudinal Evidence From the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1148-1159

  Gerstorf, Denis ^a,b   Ram, Nilam ^a,b   Estabrook, Ryne ^c   Schupp, Jürgen ^d,e   Wagner, Gert G ^d,f   Lindenberger, Ulman ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

multiphase growth models; psychosocial factors; selective mortality; successful aging; well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 47249130034     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1148     Document Type: Article

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