The contribution of adult personality and recalled parent-child relations to friendships in middle and old age

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-48

  Heyl, Vera ^a   Schmitt, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Friendships; Personality; Recalled parent child relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33846225171     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025407073539     Document Type: Article

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