Subjective well-being amongst community-dwelling elders: What determines satisfaction with life? Findings from the Dublin Healthy Aging Study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 316-323

  Ní Mhaoláin, Aine M ^a   Gallagher, Damien ^a   Connell, Henry O ^a   Chin, A V ^a   Bruce, Irene ^a   Hamilton, Fiona ^a   Teehee, Erin ^a   Coen, Robert ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a   Cunningham, Conal ^a   Walsh, J B ^a   Lawlor, Brian A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; mental health; quality of life; successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTION; EXHAUSTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRELAND; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84555202925     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001360     Document Type: Article

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