Does life satisfaction change in old age: Results from an 8-year longitudinal study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 540-552

  Gana, Kamel ^a   Bailly, Nathalie ^b   Saada, Yaël ^a   Joulain, Michèle ^b   Alaphilippe, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Latent growth modeling; Life satisfaction; Longitudinal; Old; Paradox of well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT GROWTH MODELING; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLD; PARADOX OF WELL-BEING.; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

LATENT GROWTH MODELING; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL; OLD; PARADOX OF WELL-BEING.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878830758     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs093     Document Type: Article

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