Sources of personal meaning for older and younger Australian and Israeli women: Profiles and comparisons

Ageing and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-189

  Prager, Edward ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continuity theory; Life purposes; Life themes; Personal meaning; Values; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005201608     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X96006307     Document Type: Article

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