The Contribution of Resistance Resources and Sense of Coherence to Life Satisfaction in Older Age

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 911-928

  Wiesmann, Ulrich ^a   Hannich, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Resilience; Sense of coherence; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879206847     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9361-3     Document Type: Article

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