Everyday problem solving across the adult life span: Influence of domain specificity and cognitive appraisal

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 684-693

  Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^a   Chen, Yiwei ^a   Norris, Lisa ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0031435567     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.4.684     Document Type: Article

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