Psychological well-being and metabolic syndrome: Findings from the midlife in the United States national sample

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 548-558

  Boylan, Jennifer Morozink ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

eudaimonic well being; Hedonic well being; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930893829     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000192     Document Type: Article

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