Better with age: Social relationships across adulthood

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-23

  Luong, Gloria ^a   Charles, Susan T ^a   Fingerman, Karen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Aging; Elderly; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952260170     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510391362     Document Type: Article

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