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Emotional Well‐Being Predicts Subsequent Functional Independence and Survival

Glenn V. Ostir, Kyriakos S. Markides, Sandra A. Black, James S. Goodwin

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2000 · 475 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Our results support the concept that positive affect, or emotional well-being, is different from the absence of depression or negative affect. Positive affect seems to protect individuals against physical declines in old age.

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