An empirical assessment of generational differences in basic human values

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-352

  Lyons, Sean T ^a   Duxbury, Linda ^b   Higgins, Christopher ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; COHORT EFFECT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL VALUES; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 36849066374     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.2.339-352     Document Type: Article

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