The Effect of Birth Cohort on Well-Being: The Legacy of Economic Hard Times

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-385

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a,b   Terracciano, Antonio ^a,b   Milaneschi, Yuri ^a,c   An, Yang ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aging; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875029246     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612459658     Document Type: Article

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