Relationship between coping and subjective well-being of elderly from the interior of the Brazilian Northeast

Abstract The objective of this study was to verify how the coping strategies, applied to health problems of the elderly, are related to the levels of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) in a cluster sample of 381 elderly people with an average age of 71.50 years (SD = 8.0), mostly female (73.4 %). The follo...

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Main Authors: Rafael Pereira Nunes, Rômulo Lustosa Pimenteira de Melo, Edivan Gonçalves da Silva Júnior, Maria do Carmo Eulálio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722016000103110&lng=en&tlng=en