Purpose in life and reduced incidence of stroke in older adults: 'The Health and Retirement Study'

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Kim, Eric S ^a   Sun, Jennifer K ^a   Park, Nansook ^a   Peterson, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy aging; Meaning in life; Positive psychology; Purpose in life; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OPTIMISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PURPOSE IN LIFE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876728370     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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