Cross-cultural aging in cognitive and affective components of subjective well-being

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 725-729

  Pethtel, Olivia ^a   Chen, Yiwei ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Cross cultural; Life satisfaction; Positive and negative affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957261933     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018511     Document Type: Article

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