"feeling poor": Perceived economic position and environmental mastery among older Americans

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 474-494

  Karraker, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

mastery; relative deprivation; socioeconomic status; stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

MASTERY; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898970366     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314522296     Document Type: Article

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