Effects of an intervention promoting proactive coping competencies in middle and late adulthood

Gerontologist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-51

  Bode, Christina ^a,b   De Ridder, Denise T D ^a   Kuijer, Roeline G ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Future self regulation; Intervention; Middle and late adulthood; Proactive coping; RCT design; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 34250806771     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.1.42     Document Type: Article

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