Older Adults' Self-Assessments of Health: Personal and Contextual Influences Throughout the Life Course
The purpose of this study was to examine older adults' perceptions of health by exploring life course factors perceived as shaping the meanings of health in their daily lives. Using life course and life span perspectives as the theoretical framework to guide this mixed method study, I identifi...
Main Author: | Kretzer, Sara Elizabeth |
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Other Authors: | Human Development |
Format: | Others |
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42765 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05212002-110859/ |
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