Identity processes and perceptions of physical functioning in adults: Theoretical and clinical implications

Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 519-530

  Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^a   Collins, Kathleen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0032447251     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087666     Document Type: Article

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