Goal Disengagement, Functional Disability, and Depressive Symptoms in Old Age

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 763-770

  Dunne, Erin ^a   Wrosch, Carsten ^a   Miller, Gregory E ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Functional disability; Goal adjustment; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOAL DISENGAGEMENT; GOAL REENGAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 82055168870     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024019     Document Type: Article

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