Openness to experience and active older adults' life satisfaction: A trait and facet-level analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-641

  Stephan, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Facets; Life satisfaction; Older adults; Openness to experience; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649343900     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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