Protective Factors for Subjective Well-being in Chinese Older Adults: The Roles of Resources and Activity

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1225-1239

  Dai, Bibing ^a,b   Zhang, Baoshan ^a,c   Li, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activity; Chinese older adults; Resources; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883452599     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9378-7     Document Type: Article

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