Do good self-managers have less physical and social resource deficits and more well-being in later life?

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-190

  Steverink, Nardi ^a,b   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect; Resources; Self management ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749095898     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0089-1     Document Type: Article

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