Happiness across age groups: Results from the 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 608-614

  Cooper, C ^a   Bebbington, P ^a   King, M ^a   Jenkins, R ^a   Farrell, M ^a   Brugha, T ^a   McManus, S ^a   Stewart, R ^a   Livingston, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; epidemiology; happiness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY SURVEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953816480     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2570     Document Type: Article

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