Personality and defense mechanisms in late adulthood

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-544

  Yu, Yong ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Honjo, Shuji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defense mechanisms; Late adulthood; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SENESCENCE; TEMPERAMENT; WELLBEING;

AGED; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 46749117584     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308317535     Document Type: Article

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