Psychosocial development and life experiences in adulthood: A 22-year sequential study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Van Manen, Karen Jo ^a   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 1842334486     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.2.239     Document Type: Article

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