Predictors and characteristics of successful aging among men: A 48-year longitudinal study

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-345

  Westermeyer, Jerry ^a  

^a ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FAMILY RELATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877698976     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.76.4.c     Document Type: Article

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