Associations of personal and mobility resources with subjective well-being among older adults in Italy and Germany

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Gagliardi, Cristina ^a   Marcellini, Fiorella ^a   Papa, Roberta ^a   Giuli, Cinzia ^a   Mollenkopf, Heidrun ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional status; Leisure participation; Older adults; Physical activity; Physical environment; Social environment; Well being of older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; PERSONAL NEEDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70450222342     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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