Development, reliability, and validity of the expectations regarding aging (ERA-38) survey

Gerontologist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 534-542

  Sarkisian, Catherine A ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   Berry, Sandra ^b   Mangione, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPECTATION REGARDING AGING 38 SURVEY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0036321453     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/42.4.534     Document Type: Article

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