Relationship of quality of life to dispositional optimism, health locus of control and self-efficacy in older subjects living in different environments

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-361

  Kostka, Tomasz ^a   Jachimowicz, Violetta ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b President Stanis aw Wojciechowski Higher Vocational State School of Kalisz   (Poland)

Author keywords

Disability; Institutionalisation; Muscle strength; Older people; Physical activity; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; VETERANS;

EID: 77952546110     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9601-0     Document Type: Article

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