Regret in later life: Exploring relationships between regret frequency, secondary interpretive control beliefs, and health in older individuals

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-288

  Newall, Nancy ^a   Chipperfield, Judith ^a   Daniels, Lia ^b   Hladkyj, Steven ^a   Perry, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRET; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MANITOBA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 65349151578     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.68.4.a     Document Type: Article

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