Different ways of understanding the construct of successful aging: Iranian immigrants speak about what aging well means to them

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Torres, Sandra ^a,b,c  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross cultural gerontology; Cultural values; Ethnogerontology; Iranian immigrants; Old age; Successful aging; Value orientations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAN; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; IRAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL VALUES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846006193     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9017-z     Document Type: Article

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