Cross-sectional validation of the Aging Perceptions Questionnaire: A multidimensional instrument for assessing self-perceptions of aging

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Barker, Maja ^a   O'Hanlon, Ann ^a   McGee, Hannah M ^a   Hickey, Anne ^a   Conroy, Ronan M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REGULATION MODEL; VALIDITY; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34248583498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-9     Document Type: Article

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