Older people's sense of coherence: Relationships with education, former occupation and living arrangements

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1075-1091

  Ciairano, Silvia ^a   Rabaglietti, Emanuela ^a   de Martini, Roberta ^a   Giletta, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Living arrangements; Moderation; Older people; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 53849098056     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007411     Document Type: Article

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