Age identity, gender, and perceptions of decline: Does feeling older lead to pessimistic dispositions about cognitive aging?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Schafer, Markus H ^a   Shippee, Tetyana P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age identity; Cognitive aging; Cognitive decline; Gender; Subjective age

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73949086549     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp046     Document Type: Article

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