A lines-of-defense model for managing health threats: A review

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-447

  Heckhausen, Jutta ^a   Wrosch, Carsten ^c   Schulz, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control striving; Lines of Defense Model; Motivational Theory of Life Span Development; Physical decline

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; LINES OF DEFENSE MODEL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; INDEPENDENCE; MOTIVATION; THREAT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883446978     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351269     Document Type: Review

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