The will to live and death-related decline in life satisfaction

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1115-1123

  Carmel, Sara ^a   Shrira, Amit ^b   Shmotkin, Dov ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distance to death; Life satisfaction; Will to live

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIVING WILL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; VOLITION;

EID: 84891050394     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034649     Document Type: Article

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