The sociology of the life course and life span psychology: Integrated paradigm or complementing pathways?

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 5-14

  Diewald, Martin ^a   Mayer, Karl Ulrich ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutionalization of the life course; Life course; Life history; Life span development

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349105557     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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