What matters, and what matters most, for change in life satisfaction in the oldest-old? A study over 6 years among individuals 80+

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Berg, Anne Ingeborg ^a   Hoffman, Lesa ^b   Hassing, Linda Bjork ^a   McClearn, Gerald E ^c   Johansson, Boo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Life satisfaction; Longitudinal; Oldest old; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; WIDOW; AGING; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 67949096002     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802342227     Document Type: Article

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