Carol Ryff
American psychologist (born 1950)
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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][5] and psychological resilience.[6] Ryff is the Hilldale Professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she directs the Institute on Aging.[7] Ryff developed the six-factor model of psychological well-being.
Born
Carol Diane Ryff
AlmamaterPennsylvania State University
KnownforResearch on psychological well-being
SpouseJack S. Dennis[1]
Carol Ryff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carol Diane Ryff |
| 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) |
