Why do some people thrive while others succumb to disease and stagnation?: Personality, social relations, and resilience

New Frontiers in Resilient Aging: Life-Strengths and Well-Being in Late Life

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 162-184

  Kern, Margaret L ^b   Friedman, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763151.008     Document Type: Chapter

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