Resilience Significantly Contributes to Exceptional Longevity

Objective. We aim to investigate whether centenarians are significantly more resilient than younger elders and whether resilience significantly contributes to exceptional longevity. Data. We use a unique dataset from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey with the largest sample to date o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yi Zeng, Ke Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/525693