Making things better and learning a lesson: Experiencing wisdom across the lifespan

Journal of Personality

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 543-572

  Bluck, Susan ^a   Glück, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BERLIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 2542603794     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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