Change in Life Satisfaction Under Chronic Physical Multi-morbidity in Advanced Old Age: Potential and Limits of Adaptation

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-36

  Schilling, Oliver K ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Oswald, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Advanced old age; Functional competence; Life satisfaction; Multi morbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874737371     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9313-3     Document Type: Article

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