The effects of constraints and mastery on mental and physical health: Conceptual and methodological considerations

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 432-448

  Infurna, Frank J ^a   Mayer, Axel ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adulthood and old age; Confirmatory factor analysis; Health and retirement study (HRS); Mediation; Sense of control

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSE OF CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; SELF CONTROL;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RETIREMENT; SELF-CONTROL;

EID: 84930752628     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039050     Document Type: Article

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