Perceived personal control buffers terminal decline in well-being.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Psychology and Aging

• Publication date

  2014-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0037227PMID 25244480PMCID PMC4391337
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