Carol Ryff
Carol Diane Ryff is an American academic and psychologist. She received her doctorate in 1978. She is known for studying psychological well-being and psychological resilience. Ryff is the Hilldale Professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she directs the Institute on Aging. Ryff developed the six-factor model of psychological well-being.
Carol Ryff | |
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| Born | Carol Diane Ryff |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University |
| Known for | Research on psychological well-being |
| Spouse | Jack S. Dennis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Thesis | Towards a salient behavior-change construct in adult development and aging: the implementation-culmination sequence (1978) |
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