Observations of personal meaning sources for Israeli age cohorts

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-136

  Prager, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMANITIES; ISRAEL; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0031840007     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607869856812     Document Type: Article

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