Traumatic events and meaning in life: Exploring variations in three age cohorts

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-524

  Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional support; Meaning in life; Negative inter personal contacts; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 22744441923     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0500382X     Document Type: Article

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