Feelings of usefulness to others, disability, and mortality in older adults: The MacArthur study of successful aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gruenewald, Tara L ^a,c   Karlamangla, Arun S ^a   Greendale, Gail A ^a   Singer, Burton H ^b   Seeman, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ROLE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947718422     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.P28     Document Type: Article

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