Looking back, what period of your life brought you the most satisfaction

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-194

  Field, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 0031456205     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/RAW0-2JXU-XMBJ-3UJY     Document Type: Article

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