Images of circular time and spiral repetition: The generative life cycle model

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-160

  Yamada, Yoko ^a,c   Kato, Yoshinobu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Education   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generation; Life and death; Life cycle; Life story; Spiral model; Time concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744929633     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X06064575     Document Type: Article

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