Emergent Values and the Experience of Aging

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-259

  Pushkar, Dolores ^a   Basevitz, Paul ^a   Conway, Michael ^a   Mason, Sheila ^a   Chaikelson, June ^a  

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

Author keywords

Experience of aging; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642458621     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026059511043     Document Type: Article

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