The Role of Primary and Secondary Control in Adaptation to Age-Related Vision Loss: A Study of Older Adults with Macular Degeneration

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 235-239

  Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Becker, Stefanie ^a   Burmedi, David ^a   Schilling, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1542513562     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.235     Document Type: Article

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