Psychological adjustment variables as predictors of mortality among nursing home residents

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 368-374

  O'Connor, Brian P ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031707377     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.13.3.368     Document Type: Article

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