Reminiscence and vivid personal memories across adulthood

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-170

  Webster, Jeffrey Dean ^a   Gould, Odette ^b  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECALL; REMINISCENCE FUNCTIONS SCALE; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE; BOREDOM; CLASSIFICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BOREDOM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NORTH DAKOTA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 34247873149     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/Q8V4-X5H0-6457-5442     Document Type: Article

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