Wisdom and positive psychosocial values in young adulthood

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-80

  Webster, Jeffrey Dean ^a  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attitudes; Correspondence bias; Self Assessed Wisdom Scale; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952423193     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-009-9081-z     Document Type: Article

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