Carol Ryff
American psychologist (born 1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carol Diane Ryff is an American academic and psychologist. She received her doctorate in 1978.[2] She is known for studying psychological well-being[3][4] and psychological resilience.[5] Ryff is the Hilldale Professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she directs the Institute on Aging.[6] Ryff developed the six-factor model of psychological well-being.
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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[1] |
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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