Associations of wellbeing levels, changes, and within-person variability with late-life all-cause mortality across 12 years: contrasting hedonic vs. eudaimonic wellbeing among very old adults

Advanced old age has been characterized as a biologically highly vulnerable life phase. Biological, morbidity-, and cognitive impairment-related factors play an important role as mortality predictors among very old adults. However, it is largely unknown whether previous findings confirming the role...

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Main Authors: Schilling, Oliver (Author) , Wettstein, Markus (Author) , Wahl, Hans-Werner (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Frontiers in psychology
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750891
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750891
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Author Notes:Oliver Karl Schilling, Markus Wettstein and Hans-Werner Wahl

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