Personal and neighborhood resources, future time perspective, and social relations in middle and older adulthood

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-431

  Windsor, Tim D ^a   Fiori, Katherine L ^b   Crisp, Dimity A ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Future time perspective; Negative exchanges; Positive exchanges; Resources; Social relations

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863323349     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr117     Document Type: Review

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