Aging and selective engagement: The moderating impact of motivation on older adults' resource utilization

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-456

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Germain, Cassandra M ^a   Swaim, Elizabeth L ^a   Osowski, Nicole L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Impression formation; Motivation Person memory; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650710961     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp020     Document Type: Article

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