Empirical assessment of a three-dimensional wisdom scale

Research on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-324

  Ardelt, Monika ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging well; Cognition; Compassion; Reflection; Scale construction; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037403513     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503025003004     Document Type: Article

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