Personality determinants of subjective well-being in old age: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Motivation, Consciousness and Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 139-171

  Halisch, Frank ^a,b   Geppert, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Developmental changes in personality; Motive dispositions; Old age; Personal agency; Personal goals; Self efficacy; Subjective health; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897209637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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