Predicting changes in older adults' interpersonal control strivings

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-180

  Sorkin, Dara ^a   Rook, Karen ^a   Heckhausen, Jutta ^a   Billimek, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 75549085548     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.69.3.a     Document Type: Article

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