Measuring the character strength of wisdom

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-183

  Webster, Jeffrey Dean ^a  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMOR; LIFE EVENT; LOYOLA GENERATIVITY SCALE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF ASSESSED WISDOM SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; WISDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 35148858906     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.65.2.d     Document Type: Article

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