Correlates of life satisfaction among older people in China: An examination of two cultural variables

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1028-1038

  Huang, Yunong ^a   Wu, Lei ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

culture; older Chinese; psychological well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867777574     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.702727     Document Type: Article

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