Accelerated increase and relative decrease in subjective age and changes in attitudes toward own aging over a 4-year period: results from the Health and Retirement Study

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 17-27

  Bodner, Ehud ^a   Ayalon, Liat ^a   Avidor, Sharon ^b   Palgi, Yuval ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward own aging; Health and Retirement Study; Older adults; Subjective age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973110335     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-016-0383-2     Document Type: Article

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