How are personality traits related to preparation for future care needs in older adults?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Sörensen, Silvia ^a,c   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Chapman, Benjamin ^a   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^a   Pinquart, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Future care needs; Health cognitions; Long term care planning; Personality traits; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57749190821     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.6.P328     Document Type: Article

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