Stability and change in positive self-appraisal from midlife to later aging

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-267

  Holahan, Carole K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0242637512     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/REWQ-EDMW-8936-MDAU     Document Type: Article

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