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Does social desirability influence psychological well-being: perceived physical health and religiosity of Italian elders? A developmental approach

Maria Chiara FastameDepartment of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paul Kenneth HitchcottDepartment of Psychology, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Maria Pietronilla PennaDepartment of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Pages 348-353 | Received 24 Feb 2015, Accepted 12 Jul 2015, Published online: 10 Aug 2015

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Maria Chiara Fastame. (2022) Well-being, food habits, and lifestyle for longevity. Preliminary evidence from the sardinian centenarians and long-lived people of the Blue Zone. Psychology, Health & Medicine 27:3, pages 728-733.
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Marilena Ruiu, Valeria Carta, Clara Deiana & Maria Chiara Fastame. (2022) Is the Sardinian Blue Zone the New Shangri-La for mental health? Evidence on depressive symptoms and its correlates in late adult life span. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 34:6, pages 1315-1322.
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Maria Chiara Fastame, Marilena Ruiu & Ilaria Mulas. (2021) Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being in Late Adulthood: Lessons From Sardinia’s Blue Zone. Journal of Happiness Studies 23:2, pages 713-726.
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Maria Chiara Fastame, Marilena Ruiu & Ilaria Mulas. (2021) Mental Health and Religiosity in the Sardinian Blue Zone: Life Satisfaction and Optimism for Aging Well. Journal of Religion and Health 60:4, pages 2450-2462.
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Maria Chiara Fastame. (2020) Life satisfaction in late adult span: the contribution of family relationships, health self-perception and physical activity. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 33:6, pages 1693-1698.
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Maria Chiara Fastame & Silvia Melis. (2020) Numeracy Skills, Cognitive Reserve, and Psychological Well-Being: What Relationship in Late Adult Lifespan?. Behavioral Sciences 10:11, pages 176.
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Everton de Oliveira Maraldi. (2018) Response Bias in Research on Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health: A Critical Review of the Literature and Methodological Recommendations. Journal of Religion and Health 59:2, pages 772-783.
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Maria Chiara Fastame, Maria Pietronilla Penna & Paul Kenneth Hitchcott. (2019) SODA: a new questionnaire for the assessment of life satisfaction in late life span. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 32:3, pages 515-533.
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Maria Chiara Fastame, Maria Pietronilla Penna & Paul Kenneth Hitchcott. (2019) Psychological markers of longevity in Sardinian centenarians: the impact of developmental factors and social desirability. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 32:1, pages 107-114.
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Maria Chiara Fastame, Cristina Manca, Maria Pietronilla Penna, Daniela Lucangeli & Paul Kenneth Hitchcott. (2019) Numeracy Skills and Self-Reported Mental Health in People Aging Well. Psychiatric Quarterly 90:3, pages 629-635.
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James Benjamin Schuurmans-Stekhoven. (2019) Auspicious or suspicious — Does religiosity really promote elder well-being? Examining the belief-as-benefit effect among older Japanese. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 81, pages 129-135.
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Maria Fastame, Paul Hitchcott, Ilaria Mulas, Marilena Ruiu & Maria Penna. (2018) Resilience in Elders of the Sardinian Blue Zone: An Explorative Study. Behavioral Sciences 8:3, pages 30.
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Maria Chiara Fastame, Paul Kenneth Hitchcott & Maria Pietronilla Penna. (2017) The impact of leisure on mental health of Sardinian elderly from the ‘blue zone’: evidence for ageing well. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 30:2, pages 169-180.
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Paul Kenneth Hitchcott, Maria Chiara Fastame, Jessica Ferrai & Maria Pietronilla Penna. (2017) Psychological well-being in Italian families: An exploratory approach to the study of mental health across the adult life span in the blue zone. Europe’s Journal of Psychology 13:3, pages 441-454.
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P. K. Hitchcott, M. C. Fastame, M. P. Penna & M. Agus. (2016) Do elderly people fake in the assessment of their mental health?. Do elderly people fake in the assessment of their mental health?.

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