Repetitive thought dimensions, psychological well-being, and perceived growth in older adults: a multilevel, prospective study

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 287-302

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a   Eisenlohr Moul, Tory A ^a   Evans, Daniel R ^a   Ram, Nilam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eudaimonic well being; perceived growth; processing; psychological well being; rumination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THINKING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINKING;

EID: 84924493465     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.947285     Document Type: Article

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