Purpose in Life as a Predictor of Mortality Across Adulthood

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1482-1486

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Turiano, Nicholas A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adult development; aging; open data; open materials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902968075     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614531799     Document Type: Article

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