Adapting to unavoidable loss during adulthood

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-82

  John, Dennis ^a   Lang, Frieder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

affect regulation; content analysis; goal disengagement; loss adaptation; successful aging; vignette; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; THINKING; VIDEORECORDING; VIGNETTE;

EID: 84864187478     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000056     Document Type: Article

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