The use of identity processes in response to specific age-related physical changes and overall sense of age in older adults

This study was conducted to explore how the identity processes of assimilation and accommodation work together to enable older adults to adjust to age-related physical and cognitive change. The study introduces of the concept of micro and macro levels of identity processes to Whitbourne's ident...

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Main Author: Collins, Kathleen J
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2002
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3056212