Generativity-Stagnation: A Five-Category Model

Journal of Personality

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-64

  Bradley, Cheryl L ^a,b   Marcia, James E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032342606     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00002     Document Type: Article

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