Daily Functioning, Health Status, and Happiness in Older Adults

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1563-1574

  Angner, Erik ^a   Ghandhi, Jennifer ^b   Williams Purvis, Kristen ^c   Amante, Daniel ^d   Allison, Jeroan ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily functioning; Debility; Happiness; Health status; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886639684     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9395-6     Document Type: Article

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