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The will-to-live scale: development, validation, and significance for elderly people

Sara CarmelCenter for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging, and Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 289-296 | Received 18 Apr 2015, Accepted 04 Aug 2015, Published online: 01 Sep 2015

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Marie De Groote, Soetkin De Raedt, Liesbeth Van Humbeeck, Raf Van Hoeyweghen, Anne Nobels, Nele Van Den Noortgate & Ruth Piers. (2023) How strong is the will-to-live in frail older persons? A survey study in acute geriatric wards and nursing homes in Belgium. Aging & Mental Health 0:0, pages 1-5.
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Natalia Martín-María, Elvira Lara, Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Anna K. Forsman, Jorid Kalseth, Valeria Donisi, Francesco Amaddeo, Kristian Wahlbeck & Marta Miret. (2021) Instruments to evaluate mental well-being in old age: a systematic review. Aging & Mental Health 25:7, pages 1191-1205.
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Alon Zamir, Leeat Granek & Sara Carmel. (2020) Factors affecting the will to live among elderly Jews living in Israel. Aging & Mental Health 24:4, pages 550-556.
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Amit Shrira, Sara Carmel, Hava Tovel & Victoria H. Raveis. (2019) Reciprocal relationships between the will-to-live and successful aging. Aging & Mental Health 23:10, pages 1350-1357.
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Soetkin De Raedt, Marie De GrooteHan MartensAnja VelgheNele Van Den NoortgateRuth Piers. (2023) Will-to-Live and Self-Rated Health in Older Hospitalized Patients Are Not Predictive for Short-Term Mortality. Journal of Palliative Medicine.
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Sara Carmel, Norm O’Rourke, Hava Tovel, Victoria H. Raveis, Naama Antler & Ella Cohn-Schwartz. (2023) Social Support and Commitment to Life and Living: Bidirectional Associations in Late Life over Time. Healthcare 11:13, pages 1965.
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Joana Neto & Félix Neto. (2023) The Will-to-Live among Adult Workers. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology.
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Mehmet Kanbay, Cem Tanriover, Sidar Copur, Ibrahim B. Peltek, Ali Mutlu, Francesca Mallamaci & Carmine Zoccali. (2023) Social isolation and loneliness: Undervalued risk factors for disease states and mortality. European Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Sara Carmel, Yaacov G. Bachner & Ella Cohn-Schwartz. (2022) Psychological reactions to the coronavirus pandemic: a comparative study of Holocaust survivors and other older adults in Israel. BMC Psychiatry 22:1.
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Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Jeffrey R. Hanna, Toby J. Ellmers, Susan Rasmussen, Nicola Cogan, Helen Gleeson, Jolie Goodman, Sophie Martin, Patrick Walker & Matthew Quaife. (2022) Talking really does matter: Lay perspectives from older people on talking about suicide in later life. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Xiaona Zhao, Na Qi, Huizhen Long & Sen Yang. (2022) The impact of national music activities on improving long-term care for happiness of elderly people. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Helen Gleeson, Chloe Roesch, Trish Hafford-Letchfield & Toby Ellmers. (2021) Assessing suicide ideation among older adults: a systematic review of screening and measurement tools. International Psychogeriatrics 34:5, pages 439-452.
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Félix Neto. (2021) Psychometric properties of the Porto Saudade Scale. Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences 3:1.
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Madeline Li, Gilla K. Shapiro, Roberta Klein, Anne Barbeau, Anne Rydall, Jennifer A. H. Bell, Rinat Nissim, Sarah Hales, Camilla Zimmermann, Rebecca K. S. Wong & Gary Rodin. (2021) Medical Assistance in Dying in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: a mixed methods longitudinal study protocol. BMC Palliative Care 20:1.
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Marc-Antoine Bornet, Eve Rubli Truchard, Mathieu Bernard, Jérôme Pasquier, Gian Domenico Borasio & Ralf J. Jox. (2021) Will to Live in Older Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 62:5, pages 902-909.
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Racheli-Lital Gvili & Ehud Bodner. (2021) Ageist Attitudes Are Associated with Will-to-Live and Moderated by Age, Medical Conditions and Attitudes toward Aging. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:13, pages 6736.
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Marc-Antoine Bornet, Mathieu Bernard, Cécile Jaques, Eve Rubli Truchard, Gian Domenico Borasio & Ralf J. Jox. (2021) Assessing the Will to Live: A Scoping Review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 61:4, pages 845-857.e18.
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Mendoza-Ruvalcaba Neyda Ma & Arias-Merino Elva Dolores. (2021) The role of depressive symptoms in successful aging in older adults. Archives of Depression and Anxiety, pages 012-016.
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Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, José M. Tomás, José Ventura-León, Patricia Sancho, Isabel Cabrera-Orosco & Miguel Barboza-Palomino. (2021) Medición de la voluntad de vivir en adultos mayores: adaptación transcultural, validez y confiabilidad de la Will-to-Live Scale. Enfermería Clínica 31:1, pages 4-11.
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Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, José M. Tomás, José Ventura-León, Patricia Sancho, Isabel Cabrera-Orosco & Miguel Barboza-Palomino. (2021) Measurement of the will to live in older adults: Transcultural adaptation, validity and reliability of the Will-to-Live Scale. Enfermería Clínica (English Edition) 31:1, pages 4-11.
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Félix Neto & Etienne Mullet. (2020) Development of a Prototype-Based Scale for Assessing Saudade. Imagination, Cognition and Personality 40:2, pages 93-110.
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Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Evelyn Rondón-Jara, Julio Domínguez-Vergara & Isabel Cabrera-Orosco. (2020) Voluntad de vivir en adultos mayores peruanos. Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología 55:2, pages 126-127.
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Sara Carmel. (2019) Health and Well-Being in Late Life: Gender Differences Worldwide. Frontiers in Medicine 6.
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Sara Carmel, Hava Tovel, Victoria H. Raveis & Norm O'Rourke. (2018) Is a Decline in Will to Live a Consequence or Predictor of Depression in Late Life?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 66:7, pages 1290-1295.
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