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Resilience and longevity: expert survivorship of centenarians
New Frontiers in Resilient Aging
  • Peter Martin, Iowa State University
  • Maurice MacDonald
  • Jennifer A. Margrett, Iowa State University
  • Leonard W. Poon
Document Type
Book Chapter
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Abstract

Centenarians are survivors, and many among them exemplify sustained competence into very old age. This paper highlights three important resilience domains among centenarians: personal resilience (e.g., personality), cognitive resilience (e.g., intellectual functioning), and social and economic resilience (e.g., social support and economic resources).

Comments

This chapter is published as Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J. A., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Resilience among the oldest-old. In P. S. Fry & C. L. M. Keyes (Eds.), Frontiers of Resilient Aging, 213-238. Cambridge University Press. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
Cambridge University Press
Language
en
File Format
applcation/pdf
Citation Information
Peter Martin, Maurice MacDonald, Jennifer A. Margrett and Leonard W. Poon. "Resilience and longevity: expert survivorship of centenarians" New Frontiers in Resilient Aging (2010) p. 213 - 238
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/peter-martin/9/