A Study of Current, Former, and New Elderly Volunteers: A Comparison of Developmental and Trait Models of Personality

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 219-230

  Morros, Melinda ^a   Pushkar, Dolores ^a   Reis, Myrna ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ego development; Personality; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032347579     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021402325477     Document Type: Article

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