Health and wellbeing through work and retirement transitions in mature age: Understanding pre-post and retrospective measures of change

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-310

  Wells, Yvonne ^a   De Vaus, David ^b   Kendig, Hal ^c   Quine, Susan ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 76749092606     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.69.4.c     Document Type: Article

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