Salutogenic perspectives on health maintenance: The role of resistance resources and meaningfulness

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-135

  Wiesmann, Ulrich ^a   Hannich, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

health behavior; meaning; resources; salutogenic model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 80052466183     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000040     Document Type: Article

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