Increases in generative concern among older adults following reminders of mortality

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Maxfield, Molly ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^a   Weise, David ^b   Kosloff, Spee ^b   Soenke, Melissa ^b   Abeyta, Andrew ^a   Blatter, Jamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ETIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84906670898     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.79.1.a     Document Type: Article

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