Evaluating everyday competence in older adult couples: Epidemiological considerations

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-179

  Dixon, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging couples; Collaborative cognition; Epidemiology; Everyday competence, older adults

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGIC; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 79951550642     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320325     Document Type: Article

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