✦ LIBER ✦
Mattering in the Later Years: Older Adults' Experiences of Mattering to Others, Purpose in Life, Depression, and Wellness
✍ Scribed by Andrea L. Dixon
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1524-6817
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✦ Synopsis
The relationships among mattering, purpose in life, depression, and wellness among older adults were explored. Mattering, purpose in life, and depression accounted for 78% of the wellness variance. Older adults perceived that they mattered most to their children and friends. The importance of mattering when counseling older adults is discussed.