Self-transcendence: Conceptualization and measurement

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-143

  Levenson, Michael R ^a,b   Jennings, Patricia A ^a   Aldwin, Carolyn M ^a   Shiraishi, Ray W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; EGO; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 14644405625     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/XRXM-FYRA-7U0X-GRC0     Document Type: Article

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