Toward measuring proactivity in person-environment transactions in late adulthood: The housing-related control beliefs questionnaire

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 135-152

  Oswald, Frank ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Martin, Mike ^a   Mollenkopf, Heidrun ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Housing related control beliefs; Psychological control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346017773     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v17n01_10     Document Type: Article

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