Compensating for losses in perceived personal control over health: A role for collective self-esteem in healthy aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Bailis, Daniel S ^a   Chipperfield, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0036841731     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.6.P531     Document Type: Article

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