Future Directions in the Study of Health Behavior among Older Adults

Gerontology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 469-476

  Ziegelmann, Jochen P ^a   Knoll, Nina ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health behavior change; Old age; Selection optimization and compensation; Social participation; Socioemotional selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84942108705     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369857     Document Type: Article

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