Variability Modifies Life Satisfaction’s Association With Mortality Risk in Older Adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1063-1070

  Boehm, Julia K ^a   Winning, Ashley ^b   Segerstrom, Suzanne ^c   Kubzansky, Laura D ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

intraindividual variability; life satisfaction; longevity; mortality; well being; within person stability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84936998675     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615581491     Document Type: Article

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