Inner happiness among Thai elderly

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-224

  Gray, Rossarin Soottipong ^a   Rukumnuaykit, Pungpond ^a   Kittisuksathit, Sirinan ^a   Thongthai, Varachai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Contentment; External factors; Happiness; Internal factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDDHISM; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 49349105762     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9065-7     Document Type: Article

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