Linking possible selves and behavior: Do domain-specific hopes and fears translate into daily activities in very old age?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hoppmann, Christiane A ^a   Gerstorf, Denis ^b   Smith, Jacqui ^c   Klumb, Petra L ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34247611360     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.P104     Document Type: Article

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