Testing models of the structure and development of future time perspective: Maintaining a focus on opportunities in middle age

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-201

  Cate, Rebecca A ^a   John, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Future time perspective; Longitudinal; Middle age; Socioemotional selectivity theory; Testing models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947657449     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.1.186     Document Type: Article

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