Optimism, health-related hardiness and well-being among older Australian women

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 741-752

  Smith, Nadine ^a   Young, Anne ^b   Lee, Christina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hardiness; Optimism; Population; Well being; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SF 36 SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WELLBEING;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 7044226281     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105304045373     Document Type: Article

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