Relationship between life satisfaction and physical health in older adults: A longitudinal test of cross-lagged and simultaneous effects.

Gana, Kamel; Bailly, Nathalie; Saada, Yaël; Joulain, Michèle; Trouillet, Raphaël; Hervé, Catherine; Alaphilippe, Daniel

doi:10.1037/a0031656

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Relationship between life satisfaction and physical health in older adults: A longitudinal test of cross-lagged and simultaneous effects.

Published in Health Psychology • Jan 1, 2013

Authors:

Kamel Gana

Nathalie Bailly

Yaël Saada

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The emergence of positive psychology propelled scientific interest in the causal relationships between subjective well-being (SWB; e.g., happiness, life satisfaction [LS], positive affect) and physical health. However, it is becoming a controversial topic. Indeed, dependent on approach, L...

Subject

Happiness

Life satisfaction

Structural equation modeling

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