Self-Perception and Psychological Well-Being: The Benefits of Foreseeing a Worse Future

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-633

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Fung, Helene H ^b   Chan, Alfred C M ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

discounting; future expectancies; Hong Kong Chinese; older people; possible selves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 70349294023     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016410     Document Type: Article

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