Compensating strategies in collaborative remembering in very old couples

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-359

  Johansson, N Olof ^a,d   Andersson, Jan ^b   Rönnberg, Jerker ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Caring Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Collaboration; Division of responsibility; Elderly couples; Memory; Participant constellations; Remembering

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944465108     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2005.00465.x     Document Type: Review

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