When familiar social partners are selected in open-ended situations: Further tests of the socioemotional selectivity theory

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-344

  Dudley, Nikki M ^a,b   Multhaup, Kristi S ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 21044456486     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730590948212     Document Type: Article

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