Personality profiles, life satisfaction and gender-role ideology among couples in late adulthood: The Israeli case

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-329

  Kulik, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Late adulthood; Personality profile; Self esteem; Tolerance for ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344486999     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.06.026     Document Type: Article

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