Assessing Adjustment to Aging: A Validation Study for the Adjustment to Aging Scale (AtAS)

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 455-472

  von Humboldt, Sofia ^a   Leal, Isabel ^a   Pimenta, Filipa ^a   Maroco, João ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adjustment to aging; Aging well; Instrument; Older adults; Psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887305003     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0482-9     Document Type: Article

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