What happens to people before and after disability? Focusing effects, lead effects, and adaptation in different areas of life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1834-1844

  Powdthavee, Nattavudh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; British Household Panel Survey (BHPS); Disability; Domain satisfaction; Focusing effect; Life events; Life satisfaction; UK

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DATA SET; DISABILITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749115621     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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