Perceived personal control buffers terminal decline in well-being

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 612-625

  Gerstorf, Denis ^a,b   Heckhausen, Jutta ^c   Ram, Nilam ^b,d   Infurna, Frank J ^e   Schupp, Jürgen ^f   Wagner, Gert G ^g  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control perceptions; Control strivings; Differential aging; German socio economic panel study; Mortality; Multiphase growth model; SOEP; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED PERSONAL CONTROL; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; CONTROL; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84921792399     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037227     Document Type: Article

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