The predicament of time near the end of life: Time perspective trajectories of life satisfaction among the old-old

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-586

  Palgi, Yuval ^a   Shmotkin, Dov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; life trajectories; old old; subjective well being; time perspective

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954429980     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903483086     Document Type: Article

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