Wisdom and mental health across the lifespan

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-218

  Webster, Jeffrey Dean ^a   Westerhof, Gerben J ^b   Bohlmeijer, Ernst T ^b  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age differences; Eudaimonic well being; Hedonic well being; Mental well being; Personality; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DIFFERENCES; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEDONIC WELL-BEING; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL WELL-BEING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; WISDOM.; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE DIFFERENCES; EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING; HEDONIC WELL-BEING; MENTAL WELL-BEING; PERSONALITY; WISDOM.;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894264786     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs121     Document Type: Article

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