Purpose in life predicts allostatic load ten years later

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 451-457

  Zilioli, Samuele ^a   Slatcher, Richard B ^a   Ong, Anthony D ^b   Gruenewald, Tara L ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Health locus of control; Purpose in life

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCUS OF CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951939572     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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