Expert consensus on characteristics of wisdom: A delphi method study

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 668-680

  Jeste, Dilip V ^a   Ardelt, Monika ^b   Blazer, Dan ^c   Kraemer, Helena C ^d   Vaillant, George ^e   Meeks, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotion; Intelligence; Personality trait; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77957126042     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq022     Document Type: Article

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