Positive emotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the nun study

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 804-813

  Danner, Deborah D ^a   Snowdon, David A ^b   Friesen, Wallace V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BALTIMORE; CATHOLICISM; CLERGY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 85047683984     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.5.804     Document Type: Article

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