Do You Need to Have Them or Should You Believe You Have Them? Resources, Their Appraisal, and Well-Being in Adulthood

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-112

  Martin, Mike ^a   Westerhof, Gerben J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age differences; Middle adulthood; Resource appraisal; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037216966     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022439915499     Document Type: Article

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