Reflecting on Self-Relevant Experiences: Adult Age Differences

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 479-490

  Rice, Cora ^a   Pasupathi, Monisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

adult development; aging; autobiographical memory; narrative identity; self

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949427882     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018098     Document Type: Article

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