The Measurement of Life Satisfaction

1961/04/01 by Bernice L. Neugarten, B. L. Neugarten, R. J. Havighurst +2 · 2,574 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Aging and Gerontology Research #Cognitive science #Computer science #Gerontology #Human research #Library science #Medicine #Political science #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1093/geronj/16.2.134

published in Journal of Gerontology 16(2), 134-143 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Bernice L. Neugarten, Ph.D., Robert J. Havighurst, Ph.D., Sheldon S. Tobin, M.A.; The Measurement of Life Satisfaction*, Journal of Gerontology, Volume 16,

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