Adverse Life Events in Late Life: Their Manifestation and Management in Daily Life

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-20

  Klumb, Petra L ^a   Baltes, Margret M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active coping; Costs; Life events; Minor events; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342325141     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.11.1.3     Document Type: Article

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