Mortality salience effects on the life expectancy estimates of older adults as a function of neuroticism

Journal of Aging Research

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Maxfield, Molly ^a   Solomon, Sheldon ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Psychology Department   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY;

EID: 84869476913     PISSN: 20902204     EISSN: 20902212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2010/260123     Document Type: Article

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