Tracing criteria of successful aging? Health locus of control and well-being in older patients with internal diseases

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-212

  Knappe, Susanne ^a   Pinquart, Martin ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Internal diseases; Internal health locus of control; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 61649095655     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500802385717     Document Type: Article

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