Flexible and tenacious goal pursuit lead to improving well-being in an aging population: A ten-year cohort study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Kelly, Rebecca E ^a   Wood, Alex M ^b   Mansell, Warren ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

depression; goal pursuit; hostility; ill health; interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873046536     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001391     Document Type: Article

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