Conceptualizing and measuring wisdom: A reply to ardelt

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-259

  Webster, Jeffrey Dean ^a   Taylor, Matthew ^b   Bates, Glen ^b  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 79953005742     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2011.554514     Document Type: Review

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