Age differences and changes of coping behavior in three age groups: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-114

  Martin, Peter ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^b   Rott, Christoph ^c   Poon, Leonard W ^d   Johnson, M Ann ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 39749191954     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.66.2.a     Document Type: Article

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