Adaptation in very old age: Exploring the role of resources, beliefs, and attitudes for centenarians' happiness

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-280

  Jopp, Daniela ^a,b   Rott, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Centenarians; Happiness; Resources; Self referent beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; COGNITION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OPTIMISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33747043310     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.266     Document Type: Article

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