A Life Span Model of Successful Aging

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 702-714

  Schulz, Richard ^a,c   Heckhausen, Jutta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030188733     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.7.702     Document Type: Article

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