Meaning in life of young, middle-aged, and older adults: Factorial validity, age, and gender invariance of the Personal Meaning Index (PMI)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-85

  Reker, Gary T ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age invariance; Factorial validity; Gender invariance; Personal meaning index

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344251935     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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