Influence of personality on the health and social participation of elderly people: the role of extraversion and optimism.

Health and social participation are two fundamental pillars of active aging thus it is important to understand variables that might affect them. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between extraversion, optimism, health status and social participation. The sample comprised 406 comm...

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Main Authors: Cristina G Dumitrache, Lourdes Aranda, Cristina Buego-Guirado, Laura Rubio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad 2017-01-01
Series:INFAD
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Online Access:http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1120