Correlates of Happiness Among Older Spanish Institutionalised and Non-Institutionalised Adults

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-414

  Godoy Izquierdo, Débora ^a   Lara Moreno, Raquel ^a   Vázquez Pérez, María Luisa ^a   Araque Serrano, Francisco ^a   Godoy García, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Happiness; Institutionalisation; Psychosocial and socio demographic correlates; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876834724     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9335-5     Document Type: Article

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