Personal Wisdom: Validation and Age-Related Differences of a Performance Measure

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 787-799

  Mickler, Charlotte ^a   Staudinger, Ursula M ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

growth; maturity; personality development; self insight; wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749092892     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013928     Document Type: Article

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