Individual differences in the use of proactive coping strategies by middle-aged and older adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-33

  Ouwehand, Carolijn ^a   de Ridder, Denise T D ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Future temporal orientation; Goal orientation; Proactive coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649132822     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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