Subjective health and memory self-efficacy as mediators in the relation between subjective age and life satisfaction among older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-436

  Stephan, Yannick ^a   Caudroit, Johan ^b   Chalabaev, Aina ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; memory self efficacy; resources 011 05 17; subjective age; subjective health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79956198560     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.536138     Document Type: Article

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