Hope and adaptation to old age: Their relationship with individual-demographic factors

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-93

  Moraitou, Despina ^a   Kolovou, Chrysa ^a   Papasozomenou, Chrysa ^a   Paschoula, Catherine ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptation to old age; Hope; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS;

EID: 33645464240     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-4857-4     Document Type: Article

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