Resources and life-management strategies as determinants of successful aging: On the protective effect of selection, optimization, and compensation

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-265

  Jopp, Daniela ^a,c   Smith, Jacqui ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resources; Selection, optimization, and compensation; SOC life management strategies; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESEARCH; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33747048103     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.253     Document Type: Article

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