Collaborative Everyday Problem Solving Among Same-Gender Friends in Early and Later Adulthood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-530

  Strough, JoNell ^a   McFall, Joseph P ^a   Flinn, Jennifer A ^a   Schuller, Kelly L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; collaborative cognition; everyday problem solving; friends; nominal pairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGING; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FRIEND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 54049130400     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012830     Document Type: Article

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