Resilience and adaptation to stress in later life: Empirical perspectives and conceptual implications

Ageing International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-246

  Ong, Anthony D ^a   Bergeman, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aging; Emotion; Health; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644503336     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-996-1000-z     Document Type: Article

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