Social desirability does not confound reports of wellbeing or of socio-demographic attributes by older women

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-454

  Dawes, Sharron E ^a   Palmer, Barton W ^a,b   Allison, Matthew A ^a   Ganiats, Theodore G ^a   Jeste, Dilip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; depression; health; social desirability; successful ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455246346     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001029     Document Type: Article

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