Are older adult german women satisfied with their lives?: On the role of life domains, partnership status, and self-construal

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-49

  Albert, Isabelle ^a   Labs, Katrin ^b   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Independence; Interdependence; Life domains; Life satisfaction; Older adult women; Self construal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 78649927762     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000002     Document Type: Article

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